Giorgio Cavallon
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Cavallon is greatly admired for the quiet, contemplative nature of his paintings, the beauty of the colors he employed, and the subtlety of his patiently achieved surfaces. In 1933, he first met Hans Hofmann, whose dual roles of painter and teacher proved to be a lifelong influence.
He was a tireless looker at, and discourser on, art - crisscrossing the United States and Europe to visit museums. He absorbed the essence of several masters' work, including Cézanne, Matisse, and Kandinsky. The principal characteristics of his mature work could be said to be joyousness, spontaneity, and a love of both rich, "out of the tube" color, and a dancing, rhythmic line.
His compositions are rooted in a lifelong adoration of the Aegean landscape and Mediterranean light. Though he felt it unnecessary to seek out new subject matter and was disinterested in attaching himself to any organized movement or - ism, his work is marked by a remarkable freshness and vitality, because of his trust of intuition, his boundless optimism and open-mindedness, and - not least - the encyclopedic knowledge of art, literature, and the human spirit which he brought to the creative enterprise.
Selected One Person Exhibitions
- 2000 Kouros Gallery, New York
- 1996 Jason McCoy Gallery, New York
- 1995 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, New York
- 1994 New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
- 1991 Jason McCoy Gallery, New York
- 1990 The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
- 1989 Jason McCoy Inc., New York
- 1989 Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
- 1986 Grünebaum Gallery, New York
- 1981 Grünebaum Gallery, New York
- 1977 Patricia Learmonth Gallery, New York
- 1977 Neuberger Museum, New York
- 1976 A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York
- 1971 A.M. Sachs Gallery, New York
- 1964 Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina
- 1963 Kootz Gallery, New York
- 1957 Stable Gallery, New York
- 1946 Egan Gallery, New York
- 1940 Eight Street Playhouse Gallery, New York
- 1934 A.C.A. Gallery, New York
- 1932 Bottega d’Arte, Vicenza, Italy
Selected Public Collections
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
- Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
- Fogg Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York
- Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
- Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, New Jersey
- Singer Manufacturing Co., New York
- The Bank of New York, New York
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
- The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- University Art Museum, Berkeley, California