Pinto, Salvatore
[Girard Bank #1-Looking West on Chestnut]

Salvatore Pinto (1905-1966). [Girard Bank #1-Looking West on Chestnut]. 

Re-strike ca. 1980-2000 by printer Philip Paravano from the original copper plates etched ca. 1935. 10 x 8. Unsigned. Excellent condition.

Salvatore Pinto (1905–1966) was born in Salerno, Italy and made his reputation in the Philadelphia art community.  He had two younger brothers, Angelo and Biagio, 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 etchings such as this, he also did wood engravings, 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]

[Altar Boy]

[Backstage Steps]

"Between Acts"

"Bohemian"

"Boy with Mask"

"Boy Dressed as a Soldier"

"Boy Seated"

"Dancer with Flowers"

"Fairmount Park"

"Figures Backstage"

"Figures Backstage" Proof

[Girard Bank #2 - Looking South on Broad]

"Gossip"

[Grand Central Station]

[Man with Feather]

[Man with Walking Stick]

[Manhattan from Brooklyn]

[Manayunk]

"Park Picnickers"

"Priest"

[Reading Terminal, Market Street looking West]

[Reclining Nude]

"Rehearsal"

"Schuylkill Mills"

"Seated Nude" [from back]

"Seated Nude" [frontal]

[Seated Woman with Hat]

[South Broad Street Looking North]

[Statue of Liberty]

"Striped Suit"

[Three Ladies at Tea]

[Trinity Church - Broadway & Wall St.]

[Trolley 1472]

[Trolley 7013]

[Trolley 7031]

[Weehawken Railyards]

[Woolworth Building through Union Square Arch]