Artist Pubs
Lawrence Calcagno

Auction Records (103)   For Sale (5)   Bio/Info   Free Alerts  
Upcoming (0) Wanted (2) Related Artists (24) Pricing my art
Charts (6) Dealers (6) Signatures (10)
Lawrence Calcagno (1913 - 1993) was active/lived in New York, California.  Lawrence Calcagno is known for Abstract expressionist painting, modernist-leaning landscape.

Biography photo for Lawrence Calcagno
 Lawrence Calcagno was born on March 23, 1913 in San Francisco, and passed away at the age of 80, in 1993.  He began painting at the age of 19, and continued to use the medium throughout his life to describe the world around him.  After serving in WW11, he painted in Paris under the G.I. Bill.

Calcagno began to show in San Francisco and New York as part of the second generation of Abstract Expressionist painters.  His style ranges from meditative linear abstract landscapes to free-form abstract expressionism.  Calcagno's color palette and compositions resonate with saturated oranges and reds of the California landscape. His minimalist pieces fade in and out of focus like San Francisco fog, where shapes and forms play off the subconscious.

Larry Calcagno has work in many major museum collections throughout the United States, and is highly prized in private collections. He has just concluded several museum exhibitions around the coun   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7081 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 103 auction lots for Lawrence Calcagno (of which 96 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 5 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers (including new art for sale). There are 6 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Lawrence Calcagno as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Lawrence Calcagno in 1 of its research Essays. Lawrence Calcagno has 10 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Lawrence Calcagno available:    Charles Green Shaw,  Robert Natkin,  Raymond Jonson,  Milton Resnick,  Carl Robert Holty,  John Von Wicht,  Byron (George Byron) Browne,  Abraham Walkowitz,  Gaston Lachaise,  Werner Drewes,  Jan Matulka,  Sam Lewis Francis,  Lundy Siegriest,  Louise Berliawsky Nevelson,  Elie Nadelman,  Karel Christiaan Appel,  Claire Falkenstein,  Rolph Scarlett,  Paul Jenkins,  Leon Kroll,  Leo Manso,  William Samuel Schwartz,  Ernest Tino Trova,  Oscar Bluemner



Copyright © 1999-2024 askART.com and underlying auction houses. All Rights Reserved. Digital copying of these images and content strictly prohibited; violators will be subject to the law including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Facts about Lawrence Calcagno

   Publications  Book References:  41
Magazine References:  4

The listed publications are derived from what askART has identified from our research for this artist and are intended as an additional tool for information. askART has derived Publications as an aid to members, but it is not necessarily a complete list.
4 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Lawrence Calcagno
Magazine Article Date Author Color
ARTnews Reviews June 2003 Editors, ARTnews Yes
American Art Review Modernists in Taos December 2002 Witt, David L. Yes
Art-Talk In the galleries June 2001 Editor, Art-Talk No
Southwest Art The Artist at Home October 1997 Porter, Pamela Yes
41 Book References for Lawrence Calcagno
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Landauer, Susan San Francisco and Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism 240 Yes
2003 Herskovic, Marika (editor) American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s: An Illustrated Survey 372 Yes
2002 Witt, David L. Modernists in Taos: From Dasburg to Martin 208 Yes
2000 Campbell, Susan Journey Without End: The Life and Art of Lawrence Calcano 183 Yes
2000 Fine Art Dealers Association Los Angeles Art Show Fine Art Dealers Association Presents
(Exhibition catalog)		 66 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Ellis, Robert M. (Director) Harwood Museum: Collection Handbook 48 Yes
1996 Landauer, Susan The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism
(Exhibition catalog)		 271 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Southwest Art Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art 64 No
1992 Museum of Fine Arts Artists of 20th Century New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts Collection 167 Yes
1992 National Gallery of Art American Paintings An Illustrated Catalogue
(Exhibition catalog)		 545 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 376 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Krane, Susan The Wayward Muse Historical Survey of Painting in Buffalo
(Exhibition catalog)		 208 Yes
1987 Sandler, Irving The Empire State Collection Art for the Public 214 Yes
1986 Deeds, Daphne Anderson Arizona Collects Twentieth Century Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1985 Albright, Thomas Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History 349 Yes
1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 402 Yes
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1984 Orr-Cahill, Christina The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum 199 Yes
1984 Witt, David L The Taos Artists A Historical and Biographical Dictionary 63 No
1981 Newark Museum American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 431 Yes
1979 Brooklyn Museum American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works 133 Yes
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1977 Barr, Alfred H Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 655 No
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1974 Buffalo Fine Arts Academy American Art in Upstate New York Drawings, Watercolors and Small Sculptures 80 No
1974 New Mexico, Museum of Fine Art Handbook of the Collections Museum of Fine Arts 192 Yes
1973 Carnegie Institute Catalogue of Painting Collection Museum of Art 196 Yes
1973 McChesney, Mary Fuller A Period of Exploration San Francisco 1945-1950 91 Yes
1962 Weller, Allen S/Lee Nordness Art U S A Now (2 volumes) 474 Yes
1960 Walker Art Center 60 American Painters 1960 Abstract Expressionist Painting of the Fifties
(Exhibition catalog)		 78 Yes
1958 Baur, John I H Nature in Abstraction Relation to Nature in 20th Century Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 72 Yes
1957 Seuphor, Michel Dictionary of Abstract Painting with a History of Abstract Painting 305 Yes
Top