About this Work
About the Artist
American
b. 1917 Williamsport, Pennsylvania
d. 2004 Davis, CaliforniaAngelo Sottosanti studied art at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design and the Art Students League in NYC. In 1938 he worked on mural completion design for the New York subway. In 1939, inspired by Orozco, he toured Mexico on a motorcycle with a sidecar full of art supplies. There he painted the Mexican countryside and its people, down to Tehuantepec. In 1940, Sottosanti’s paintings were accepted and exhibited at the Fine Arts Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco. He also worked for Diego Rivera at the GGIE, grinding and mixing color for his fresco mural in the "Art in Action" section of the exposition.In 1941, Sottosanti, like many other New Deal artists, took up residence in the famous "Monkey Block" building in San Francisco. In the 1940s and 1950s, he held solo exhibits at the Palace of Fine Arts, the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Crocker Museum in Sacramento as well as in many San Francisco galleries. His subjects include women, Mexican scenes, musicians and Chinatown in all media.
b. 1917 Williamsport, Pennsylvania
d. 2004 Davis, CaliforniaAngelo Sottosanti studied art at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design and the Art Students League in NYC. In 1938 he worked on mural completion design for the New York subway. In 1939, inspired by Orozco, he toured Mexico on a motorcycle with a sidecar full of art supplies. There he painted the Mexican countryside and its people, down to Tehuantepec. In 1940, Sottosanti’s paintings were accepted and exhibited at the Fine Arts Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco. He also worked for Diego Rivera at the GGIE, grinding and mixing color for his fresco mural in the "Art in Action" section of the exposition.In 1941, Sottosanti, like many other New Deal artists, took up residence in the famous "Monkey Block" building in San Francisco. In the 1940s and 1950s, he held solo exhibits at the Palace of Fine Arts, the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Crocker Museum in Sacramento as well as in many San Francisco galleries. His subjects include women, Mexican scenes, musicians and Chinatown in all media.
