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Gregory Perillo
United StatesArt Brokerage: Gregory Perillo American Artist: Gregory Perillo is one of today's most respected and renowned American Western artists. His powerfully dramatic, emotional depictions of Native Americans and early settlers, as well as Western landscapes and wildlife, have made him one of America's leading painters and sculptors. Born in Greenwich Village, Perillo moved to Staten Island, New York, at age two and has lived there his entire life. Poverty stricken as a boy, he was forced to use as canvases the paper bags ironed by his mother and his first medium was coffee. His earliest impressions of the American West came from his father, an immigrant, who was studying American History. As a youngster, Perillo studied the works of the masters of American Western art, spending much of his time at the American Indian exhibit in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. After serving in the Navy in World War II, through the GI bill he began his formal art education. He attended the Pratt Institute, the School of Visual Arts and the Art Students League. Interestingly, Perillo's most productive learning experience was spawned from a visit to Arizona in 1950, where he had a chance meeting with the legendary American master William Robinson Leigh. In what became almost a father-son relationship, Leigh taught Perillo, his only known pupil, for several years. Since then, Perillo has often traveled to Native American lands, where he has spent time studying the culture and customs as well as sketching the people and scenery of the American West. Listings wanted.
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Gregory PerilloSpotted Feather (Blackfeet) 1987 24x24Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed24x24 in | 61x61 cm |
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Gregory PerilloMates Forever, Trumpeter Swans Montana 2009 24x30Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed24x30 in | 61x76 cm |
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Gregory PerilloAngel With Eagle 1985 24x24Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed24x24 in | 61x61 cm |
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Gregory PerilloBadlands, South. Dakota 1997 24x18Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed24x18 in | 61x46 cm |
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Gregory PerilloLittle Shepard (Navajo) 1995 16x20Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed16x20 in | 41x51 cm |
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Gregory PerilloRoping the Prize Horse 2020 20x36Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed20x36 in | 51x91 cm |
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Gregory PerilloChief White Hawk 24x24Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed24x24 in | 61x61 cm |
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Gregory PerilloOn the Move 2019 16x20Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed16x20 in | 41x51 cm |
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Gregory PerilloBig Bear (Sioux) 1984 16x20Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed16x20 in | 41x51 cm |
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Gregory PerilloTee Pee Sunset 2016 18x21Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed18x21 in | 46x53 cm |
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Gregory PerilloWhite Feather (Blackfeet) 1996 16x20Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed16x20 in | 41x51 cm |
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Gregory PerilloMorning Gaze 2016 16x16Original Painting: Oil on Canvas, Hand Signed16x16 in | 41x41 cm |