Lawrence Calcagno

Art Brokerage: Lawrence Calcagno American Artist: b. 1913-1993. Lawrence Calcagno was a renowned painter most closely associated with the San Francisco School of abstract expressionism. Born in San Francisco in 1913, Calcagno was a lifelong traveler. Shortly after completing high school, he traveled to Asia to work as a merchant seaman. During the war he served in U.S. Air Force, and after the war's end he studied painting with Clyfford Still and Mark Rothko at the California School of Fine Art. During the 1950s Calcagno lived and worked in North Africa, France, and Italy. During his stay in Europe, Calcagno studied at the Acadamie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris and the Instituto d Atre' Statale in Florence. In 1952 he began showing at the Fachetti Gallery in Paris, and the following year participated in a group exhibition at Martha Jackson Gallery in New York. Listings wanted.