Something to Say

Title: Something to Say
LC Subject: Painting Acrylic painting painting (image-making) paintings (visual works) acrylic paintings (visual works)
Creator: Russo, Michele
Description: This painting depicts two geometrically composed human figures with white, faceless heads. The figures also appear to wear large, white boots. The figure on the left extends one arm and kicks on leg behind while the figure on the right appears to be striding in the same direction as the other figure. The background is split in half, white on top and gray on the bottom. Michele Russo; Something to Say; U of O Science Complex Michele Russo was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1909. In 1930, he enrolled at Yale University and received a B.F.A. degree in painting in 1934. During the depression years he was employed at a muralist through a Works Progress Administration project and in this capacity executed murals in several Connecticut schools. In 1937, Russo left Connecticut to accept a fellowship to study with Boardman Robinson and George Biddle at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado for one year. During the next ten years he was a social activist and worked for the Federal Education project in Connecticut. In the fall of 1947, Russo moved to Portland and was hired by the Museum Art School the following year to teach painting and art history, remaining on the staff until he retired in 1974. During his tenure at the Museum Art School he became known as Portland's most articulate voice of artists' political, social and artistic rights. In the 1950's, along with friends, he started a co-op op professional artists called Artists Equity. In recent years Russo has been active in various organizations to make art a more visible part of the cultural life in the Northwest; he was one of the original founders of the Portland Center for the Visual Arts. In 1975, he was Chairman of the Oregon Committee for Art in Public Places. In 1977, he was appointed to the Metropolitan Arts Commission; the first artists so honored. (Unknown, 1995) The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
Location: Lokey Science Complex >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: Willamete Hall, 1371 E. 13th Avenue, Eugene Oregon
Award Date: 1988
Identifier: 1989_uo_sci-complex_20_a01
Item Locator: RUS: 89-25
Accession Number: 1989_uo_sci-complex_20_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Russo, Michele
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 52 x 70.5 inches
Material: Painting acrylic paint on canvas
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1989 UO Science Complex 1989_uo_sci-complex
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: This project included the construction of a complex of four major science buildings: the construction of a new Museum of Natural History and two smaller architecture studio buildings to replace dislocated facilities, and a remodel of a former science building for Architecture and Allied Arts, which lost about 15,000 net square feet of programmatic space to construction of the new science buildings. The project was completed between 1989-1991. <br><br>An interactive campus map of the University of Oregon may be viewed at: http://map.uoregon.edu/ Willamete Hall, second floor, northwest of elevator
Color Space: RGB