Angelo Pinto (1909-1994). “Fairmount Park”.
[Philadelphia]. ca. 1930. 8 x 10. Etching. Restrike from original the plate by printer Philip Paravano between 1980-2000. Unsigned.
Angelo Pinto (1909–1994) was born in Casal Velino, Salerno, Italy and made his reputation in the Philadelphia art community. He had two brothers, Salvatore (1905-1966) and Biagio (1911-1989), who were also artists. Salvatore attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and was active in the Watercolor Club, The Print Club, The Art Alliance, and the Barnes Foundation. Besides doing wood engravings such as this, he also did etchings, murals, drawings, designed sets and costumes for the Philadelphia Ballet, and was a photographer who worked for the Curtis Publishing Company and for motion pictures.
Other prints by Angelo and Salvatore Pinto:
[16th Street looking North to Broad Street Station]
[Adelphi Theater Broad & Cherry Streets]
[Girard Bank #1 - Looking West on Chestnut]
[Girard Bank #2 - Looking South on Broad]
[Reading Terminal, Market Street looking West]
[South Broad Street Looking North]
[Trinity Church - Broadway & Wall St.]
[Woolworth Building through Union Square Arch]
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