1512381180Victor Joseph Gatto18931965VictorGattohttps://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/3198/fullAlthough Gatto did not start to paint full-time until 1938, he was interested in art even as a child.  By the early 1940's, his work was already critically acclaimed and one of his canvasses appeared at the Whitney Museum of Art.  In 1943, he was given a one-man show at the Charles Barzansky Gallery and became a major figure thereafter.  He painted with brushed stripped to only a few hairs, building up many thick layers of paint with painstaking care to create the thick impasto of paint and great detail typical of his canvasses.(1893–1965)MiamiNew YorkMiamiNew YorkMiamiNew YorkVictor Joseph GattoJoe Gatto