Horizons

Title: Horizons
LC Subject: Painting Acrylic painting Figure painting painting (image-making) paintings (visual works) acrylic paintings (visual works)
Creator: Russo, Michele
Description: This painting presents a nude human figure with longish black hair in profile. The figure stands against a backdrop of three bands of color: white at the top, light blue in the middle, and dark blue at the bottom. Michele Russo; Horizon; oil on canvas; 69 x 60.5 inches; 1991 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: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
Location: Portland State Office Building >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 800 N.E. Oregon, Portland Oregon
Award Date: 1992
Identifier: 1991_pdx_st-off-bldg-II_10_a01
Accession Number: 1991_pdx_st-off-bldg-II_10_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Russo, Michele
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 69 x 60.5 inches
Material: Painting acrylic on canvas
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: Portland State Office Building, Vol. II (1991) 1991_pdx_st-off-bldg-II
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: eighth floor
Color Space: RGB