Description
Tango, 1999
Artist: John Grillo (1917-2014)
10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches
Block print
Signed, titled and dated
John Grillo was a brilliant California School Abstract Expressionist. He was considered one of Hans Hoffman’s best students. He was selected by Hoffman for his New Talent exhibition, 1951 and 1952.
Grillo’s abstraction began in the South Seas during WWII and his drawings from the war awarded him the opportunity to be the only student with his own studio at the California School of Fine Arts. Grillo moved to New York and was selected by Hans Hoffman for “New Talent Show” in 1951 and known as one of Hoffman’s best students. According to Susan Landauer, Grillo later influenced Hoffman by his use of squares and abstraction.
