MARCO SASSONE ORIGINAL 1982 PRINT HAND SIGNED LAGUNA SUMMER

Style

Expressionism

Original Marco Sassone Print. Hand Signed. Original lithograph on thick paper. This print is hand signed by the artist and Laguna Beach Mayor Bobbie Minkin & Doctor Dick. Very rare Fine Art Poster May 1982 - as such a unique collectible Size: 23" wide x 35" High. Nicely framed with Silver Nielsen metal frame. Marco Sassone has attained international recognition with major exhibitions at the Wally Findlay Galleries in New York, Chicago, Palm Beach and Beverly Hills. He was awarded a gold medal for his work from the Italian Academy of Arts, Literature and Science. The President of Italy honored the artist with the decoration and title of "Official Knight of the Order to the Merit of the Italian Republic." Sassone's work has been exhibited in Japan, Canada, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, France, The Netherlands, United States and Sassone's native Italy. Sasonne received commendation from Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley in recognition 20 years of painting in California, (1987) and San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan made proclamation of "Marco Sassone Day in San Francisco", 30 March 1994. Artist's Bio: Sassone is a Florentine by birth, ancestry and temperament. But his training and experience have combined to give him a view of the world that is truly international - spiritually as well as geographically. He has remained faithful to his innate genius and deeply-held convictions as an artist." (Charles Speroni, Dean, College of Fine Arts, UCLA) Marco Sassone was born in Campi Bisenzio, a Tuscan village, in 1942. His family moved to Florence in 1954, and there he met painters Ottone Rosai and Ugo Maturo, who encouraged him to follow his interest in art. He enrolled at the Istituto Galileo Galilei, where he studied architectural drafting for several years. During this period he supported himself by selling watercolour sketches of Florence to tourists, many of whom were Americans, which increased his fluency in English. He began extensive - and personal - research on the homeless and painted a series of large canvasses and charcoal drawings portraying the life he observed on the streets. A number of these works have been exhibited at the Chicago International Art Exposition, the Basel Art Fair in Switzerland and the Jan Baum Gallery in Los Angeles, as well as in the exhibition Body Politic at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery and Issue of Choice at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition (LACE).