FRANCO NANARTONIS (born 1918)
Born in Bangor, Maine, October 21, 1918 and of Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian parentage, Franco Nanartonis studied under scholarships at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He then served in the military in the Middle East, North Africa and Southern Italy between 1938-1945. He continued to work as artist, teacher and conservator in Maine, Rome, Italy, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. He has resided and exhibited in San Diego since 1990.
WALDO PEIRCE
Waldo Pierce, painting at his home in Bangor, Maine
Oil on canvas, 38" x 30"
Inscribed on stretcher verso: Waldo
Painted at Peirce's home, August-September 1968. Peirce and Nanartonis were fellow Maine artists, both born in Bangor, and remained life-long friends until Pierce's death in 1970. This painting derives from Nanatonis's last visit to his friend during the summer of 1968. See Waldo Peirce for the three portraits of Nanartonis painted by Peirce during the same period.
MARESA
Oil on canvas, 28 x 22"
Signed lower right: Nanartonis 1952
Inscribed verso: Maresa/ 1952
Date: 1952
BALBOA PARK -- ALCAZAR GARDEN AND CALIFORNIA TOWER
Oil on canvas, 28 x 22"
Date: ca 1990
CURLED CAT
Hand patinated plaster
Length: 14"
Date: circa 1960
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STANDING FEMALE NUDE
Hand patinated plaster
Height: 23-1/2"
Date: circa 1945
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