biography of Salvatore SIRUGO (1920)

Birth place: Pozzallo, Italy

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter

Studied: ASL, 1948-49; Brooklyn Mus. Art School, NY, 1950-51.

Exhibited: WMAA, 1952; PAFA Ann., 1953; Art USA: 1958, New York, 1958; Provincetown (MA) Arts Festival, 1958; solos: Camino Gallery, 1959, Tanager Gallery, 1961, K. Gallery, 1963 & Great Jones Gallery, 1966. Awards: Emily Lowe Award, Joe & Emily Lowe, 1951; Woodstock Foundation Award, Woodstock AA, 1952; Longview Foundation Award, 1962.

Member: ASL New York (life member, board control, 1961); Artists' Club.

Work: Pace Col, New York; Southern Ill Univ, Carbondale; Dillard Univ, New Orleans, LA; Ciba-Geigy Corp., Harrison, NY.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics, casein.

Sources: WW73; Natalie Edgar, The Private Worlds of Sal Sirugo," Art News (Nov., 1966); F. W. McDarrah, The Artist's World in Pictures (Dutton, 1961); Falk, Exh. Record Series.