John (Giuseppe) Liello

Italian/American, 1892 - 1967

John (Giuseppe) Liello was born in Stromboli, Italy in 1882. Liello immigrated to New York City in 1900 and became an American citizen in 1919. Liello served in the Infantry during WWI. He studied at the Art Student’s League in New York City and went on to work as an artist at the famed J. Walter Thompson advertising agency in New York. In 1922, he embarked on a ‘grand tour’ visiting and painting throughout Europe and North Africa. Liello exhibited with the Society of Independent Artists and the Salons of America in New York City. Five works from his world tour were selected for exhibition at the Salons of American Art in New York in 1936. Liello died in Altamonte Springs, Florida in 1967 at the age of 75.

Duomo from S. Lorenzo, Firenze, 1923

Charcoal on paper

11 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches

Signed and dated Liello 1923 upper right; titled lower left.

#3095
Rue Tourbet-El-Bey, Tunis, 1923

Charcoal on paper

11 x 11 inches

Signed and dated Liello 1923 lower right; titled lower left.

#3094
Harbor Scene, 1923

Charcoal on paper

11 x 11 1/2 inches

Signed and dated Liello 1923 lower right.

#3103
Isola, Stromboli, ca. 1923

Charcoal on paper

10 1/2 x 11 inches

Signed Liello lower right.

#3097
Untitled (Woman on Village Street), 1923

Charcoal on paper

10 1/4 x 11 inches

Signed and dated Liello 1923 lower right.

#3106
Untitled (Mediterranean Village), 1923

Charcaol on paper

10 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches

Signed and dated Liello 1923 lower left.

#3107
Untitled (Buvette), ca. 1922

Lithograph on paper

12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

Signed in pencil lower right

#3089

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