ANTONIO CIRINO
(American, 1889 - 1983)

Antonio Cirino, born on 23 March 1889 in Serino, Italy, came to the United States at the age of two. During his life, he became an accomplished artist, printmaker, designer, craftsman, writer, teacher, and lecturer who was active in Providence, Rhode Island and in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design and later taught there for 35 years after receiving a bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1912. Antonio Cirino was one of the founders of the Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Massachusetts and was one of the most important artists of the "Rockport School of Painters," which included Aldro Thompson Hibbard, Emile Gruppe, Anthony Thieme, William Lester Stevens, and others. His impressionistic paintings of the New England landscape, harbors, boats, and rural life won him over 75 awards and recognition from the Springfield Art League, Providence Art Club and the Salmagundi Club. His works are exhibited in various public, national, and private collections and galleries.

Studied

• Under A. W. Dow
• Teacher College, Columbia
• Columbia University, B.S. in Education

Member

• Eastern Art Association
• Rhode Island Art Teachers Association
• Salmagundi Club
• Providence Academy of Design
• Rockport Art Association (founding member)
• North Shore Art Association
• Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
• Audubon Artists
• Allied Artists of America
• Providence Art Club
• Springfield Art League

Exhibited

• Rhode Island School of Design
• Providence Art Club
• National Academy of Design
• Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1927-28
• Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
• Ogunquit Art Center, prizes, 1931, 1951
• Rockport Art Association (many prizes)
• North Shore Art Association
• Providence Art Club, 1930 (prize), 1931 (prize)
• Springfield Art League, 1920 (prize)
• Salmagundi Club, prizes, 1932, 1937, 1944, 1949, 1958, 1980
• Terry Art Institute
• Springfield Art Association (Utah)
• Rhode Island School of Design and Museum, 1980

Work

• Rhode Island School of Design

Position

• Head, Teacher Training, Rhode Island School of Design, 1912-47

References

• Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"
• Opitz (ed.), "Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers"
• Mallett, "Mallett's Index of Artists: International - Biographical"
• Other major art references