Remo Michael Farruggio (American/Italian, 1906–1981)

Timeline

1904–1906: Born March 29, in Palermo, Sicily
1918: Immigrated to the US with his family at the age of 12. He and his family settled into New York City where the artist attended public school during the day and enrolled in the NY Academy of Design in the evenings.
1922: Attended classes at the Educational Alliance, New York, NY where he befriended many important artists of the day including Motherwell, the Soyer brothers, and Chaim Gross.
He finished his education with the Beaux Arts School and the Industrial Arts School where he was taught by artist Abraham Bogdonove.
1925: Travled with artist Joseph Perna across the United States
1930: Worked in the WPA in the easel painting division
1942: During WWII went to work at Packard Motor Co., Detroit, MI, as a tool and die designer
1946: Moved to New York, NY
1951–1953: Lived in Mexico
1953: Moved to New York, NY
1956: Sent to Italy by the John Heller Gallery
1958: Moved to New York, NY from Italy
1964: Began to spend summers in Provincetown, MA and joined the East End Gallery
1967: Joined the Provincetown Group - a cooperative gallery - Provincetown, MA
1973–1978: Visiting artist at the Galleria Nuovo Sagitario, Milan, Italy; Galleriea Sicilia "72" in Palermo, Italy; Galeria Cipriano in Ragusa, Sicily, Italy
1981: Died Provincetown, MA

2007: Mercury Gallery, Rockport, MA
2004: "Dreamscapes: Remo Farruggio" Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth, ME
1990: Ross-Constantine Gallery, New York, NY
1980–1981: Cottage Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1977–1978: Galleria II Mercante, Milan, Italy
1976: Tirca Karlis Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1968: Nassau Community College, Nassau, L.I. NY (retrospective)
1962: Feingarten Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1958: Haller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1957: Galleria Schneider, Rome, Italy (solo)
1953: Roko Gallery, New York, NY
1952: Galleria Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
1949: Roko Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1948: Salpeter Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1939: Farruggio was one of only two painters selected by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to do a one man show of his paintings at the influential Julien Levy Gallery.

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