Len Creo was born in New York, New York in 1923. After serving in the U. S. Army during World War II, Creo returned to New York to study at The Art Student's League. He then studied for three years in Mexico with Gutierez and Sequierros and then in Italy for a year with Pietro Annigonni. .
Creo's work is in the following Museum Collections:
Amherst College Museum, Amherst
Georgia Museum of Fine Arts
Long Beach Museum of Fine Arts
Norfolk Art Museum
Syracuse University Museum
Ulrich Museum
University of Maine
University of New York Collection
University of Wyoming Museum
Washington Museum Of Fine Arts
The University of Wyoming Museum has the following paintings in its collection:
LEYS HILL (oil on canvas, 12 x 24 inches, no date); accessioned 1982
TRINITY (oil on canvas, 37-1/2 x 24-5/8 inches, no date); accessioned 1979
CLOVER (oil, 39-1/2 x 35-1/2 inches, no date); accessioned 1978
FAN DANCER (oil, 25-1/4 x 23 inches, no date); accessioned 1978
SCHOOL CHILDREN (oil, 38 x 57 inches, no date); accessioned 1977
EXCHANGE (oil, 30 x 28 inches, no date); accessioned 1977
THE MARKET (oil, 36 x 20 inches, no date); accessioned 1977
JAPANESE LADY (oil, 20 x 16 inches, no date); accessioned 1977
BEACH, THREE UMBRELLAS (oil, 11-1/2 x 23 inches, no date); accessioned 1976
STANDING FIGURE (bronze, 9-3/4 x 3-3/4 x 3 inches, no date); accessioned 1976
GIRLS IN A CIRCLE (oil on canvas, 35-1/2 x 62 inches, no date); accessioned 1972
The University of Maine Museum has the following paintings in its collection:
68.96.P ITALIAN SCHOOL GIRLS AT PLAY Oil on canvas
60.33.P ROMAN MARKET PLACE Oil on canvas
66.44.P PLAYING CHILDREN Oil Painting
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Len Creo has had dozens of one man shows in the United States. The Following is a list of just those galleries who have held 3 or more One Man Shows
Shayne Gallery, Montreal. .1981,82,85,89,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99, 2000, 2001, 2002, Spring 2003
Portal Gallery, London. 1964,66,68,72,74,77,79
Madden Gallery, London, 1982,84,88
Carter Gallery, Los Angeles, 1959,61,63,65,67,69,71,72,74,76"
ACA Gallery, New York, 1965.67,69,71,73,75.
ACA,Rome, Italy 1966,68, 70
Chase Gallery, New York, 1958,59,60,61,62,63
Galleria Margutta Rome, 1954, 55 , 56
Later Dealer Representation all Europe 1986 to date many other solo
shows from 1952.
Creo Murals adorn a number walls in Italy.
Len Creo continues to sculpt and paint in the United Kingdom, where he is also a Champion race walker.
In 2007, the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts (Hartford, Connecticut) exhibited 17 paintings by the artist whic are owned by the New Britain Museum of American Art.
J.Gold Fine Art is pleased to represent the works of Len Creo.
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