Salvatore Grippi (1921-2017) was an American artiste and founder of the art department at Ithaca College.
Grippi was born in Buffalo, New York upon September 30, 1921. He attended the Albright Art School and the Museum of Modern Art School. He served in the armed forces during World War II. Upon his reward he studied at the Art Students League of New York and the Atelier 17 print studio. He was the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship which he used to assay at the Istituto Statale d’Arte in Florence.
Grippi taught at several art schools including the Cooper Union Art School, the School of Visual Arts, and Pomona College. He founded the art department at Ithaca College.
He died upon November 30, 2017 in Brewster, Massachusetts.
Grippi’s perform is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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