This is George Passantino

George Passantino (1922–2004) was an American artist, teacher, and author. He studied below Robert Ward Johnson, Howard Trafton, and Frank J. Reilly. He taught at the well-known Artists School in Westport, Connecticut, at the Art Students League, and at the Silvermine College of Art in New Canaan, Connecticut. He lived in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Passantino was the author of The Portrait and Figure Painting Book (1979), which has been published in seven languages; Figures in Oil (1980); Portraits in Oil (1980); and Figure Painting Step by Step (2000). He contributed to the book, Six Artists Paint A Portrait, (1974).

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His awards combine the Charles Noel Flagg prize at the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. Passantino’s be active has been exhibited at the Salmagundi Club, the Wadsworth Atheneum, the National Academy, and many shows.

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