1. Giorgio Cavallon was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists and a pioneer Abstract Expressionist.
10 Facts About Giorgio Cavallon
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Giorgio Cavallon was born March 3,1904, in Sorio, a hamlet of the municipality of Gambellara near Vicenza Italy and immigrated to the US in 1920.
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In 1926, Cavallon studied at the National Academy of Design, New York City.
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In 1936, Giorgio Cavallon joined other like-minded artists in founding the American Abstract Artists group.
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In 1949, Giorgio Cavallon joined the "Artists' Club" located at 39 East 8th Street.
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Giorgio Cavallon was chosen by his fellow artists to show in the Ninth Street Show held on May 21-June 10,1951.
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Giorgio Cavallon participated from 1951 to 1957 in the invitational New York Painting and Sculpture Annuals including the Ninth Street Show.
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Giorgio Cavallon was among the 24 out of a total 256 New York School artists who was included in all the Annuals.
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Giorgio Cavallon died on December 22,1989, at New York Hospital.
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Giorgio Cavallon was 85 years old and lived in Manhattan.