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ARTIST: Giovanni Martino (Pennsylvania, 1908 - 1997) TITLE: Landscape - Summer Greens (titled on verso) YEAR: 1932 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Small damage to lower left corner. Few minor paint losses. No visible inpaint under UV light. Normal wear along edges. ART SIZE: 11 x 18 inches / 27 x 45 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right LOCATION: This lot is located at our Dania Beach, FL office. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 126872 US SHIPPING: $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: One of eight artistic siblings, Giovanni Martino was born in Philadelphia to Italian Immigrants, his father a mason and stonecutter, and mother a buttonhole maker. Together with his seven brothers and one sister, Giovanni's earliest art education was developed under his older brother Frank, whom he joined in moving to New Hope to seek artistic inspiration helped to found Martino Commercial Art Studios in the 1920's, a business in which all Martino brothers took part. He took evening classes at a number of local institutions, including the Spring Garden Institute, La France Art Institute - where he studied under Albert Jean Adolphe,- the Philadelphia Sketch Club, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Martino apprenticed for 2 years, studying commercial art, lettering, design and layouts, but it was his fine art that solidified his place in the art world. Throughout his career he sketched and painted various landscapes of industrial scenes in Philadelphia, primarily in Manayunk. Throughout his career he received numerous awards and exhibited throughout prominent museums and galleries.