biography of Albert MARZANO (1919)

Birth place: Phila., PA

Addresses: Philadelphia

Profession: Painter, designer

Studied: Phila. Graphic Sketch Cl.; Phila. Plastic Cl.

Exhibited: Chautauqua Art Assn. Ann. Juried Show, NY, 1959; 25th Ann. Mid-Year Show, Butler Inst. Am. Art, 1960; 7th Ann. Exhib., Nat. Soc. Painters in Casein, NYC, 1961; St. Joseph's Col., Phila., Pa., 1970 (solo); La Salle Col., Phila., 1971 (solo). Awards: gold medals, Phila. Art Dirs. Cl., 1954-56; gold medal, Haddonfield Art Ctr., NJ, 1959; gold medal, Nat. Soc. Painters in Casein, 1961.

Member: WC Cl. Phila.; Phila. A. All.; Woodmere A. Gal.

Work: commissions: mural for pub. health, 1967 & mural, air pollution theme, 1969, Dept. Pub. Health, Philadelphia.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics, oils, watercolors. Positions: designer-consult., Phila. Assn. Blind, 1953-56; art dir.-consult., J. Cunningham Cox Agency, Bala-Cynwyd, Pa., 1958; art consult. & graphic des., Philadelphia Pub. Health Dept., 1958-60; art dir.-consult., Benn Assocs., Phila., 1960. Teaching: instr. drawing & painting, Sons Italy in Am., Philadelphia, 1965-70.