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about the artist
A former illustrator, work by this native New Yorker has appeared in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Readers
Digest, Six Flags Amusement Parks posters and Celestial Seasonings Tea
boxes.
about the work
"Monsters, dragons, whales and fantastical city- and village-scapes often find their way into LoGrippo's creations. Other paintings show an America that many are nostalgic for: quaint, rural, small-town American life.
Inspired by the Old Masters and genre paintings of 16th-century northern Europe, LoGrippo takes his cue from the works of two Flemish artists in particular:Hieronymous Bosch's haunting images of hell and sin, and Pieter Bruegel's depictions of peasant life - at first glance idyllic, but upon closer inspection, a bit troublesome as well.
LoGrippo cites these painters as major influences, but art scholars often describe his work as "American naïve," or in the "American Crafts style" - reminiscent of American folk artists like Grandma Moses.”
- Emily
Crow Neely, Spartanburg Magazine
articles
"the Magazine of Fantasy and Weird Fiction is celebrating 25 years of intermittent publication with a spectacular issue #20...just as Fungi #19 featured the work of classic fantasy artist Gervasio Gallardo on its cover, so too does Fungi #20 with a cover adorned by the work of fantasy grandmaster Bob Logrippo!"
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"The series has been considered a high-water mark in fantasy publishing. Envisioned by the husband-and-wife team of Ian and Betty Ballantine, it was produced under the editorship of Lin Carter. It also featured cover art by illustrators such as Gervasio Gallardo, Bob Pepper, Robert LoGrippo, and David McCall Johnston."
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Awards
Society of Publication Designers, Award of Merit, 1979, 1981
Society of Illustrators, Gold Medal Awards: 1972, 1973
Society
of Illustrators, 14 Citations of Merit: 1971-1986
Print
Annual, Certificate of Excellence, 1992
Commissions
Books - Random House, Dell, Ballantine, MacMillan, Houghton-Mifflin, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Knopf, Dutton Penguin, Silver Burdett & Ginn, Book of the Month Club
Magazines - Redbook, Playboy, Seventeen, forbes, Cosmopolitan, Guide Post, fortune, New York Times Sunday Magazine, Newsday Sunday Magazine, Readers Digest, Country Life
Children's
Books - Franklin Library: "Hans Christian Anderson" 1978,
"The Deerslayer" 1982; Modern Curriculum Press: "Where
Are We Going?" 1994
Calendars
& Products - Nabisco, Main Street Press (Lang Graphics), Celestial
Seasonings Tea Co., Avon Cosmetic Package Design 1995
Christmas
Cards - American Artists Greeting Cards, 1985-present Bacardi Rum,
American Broadcasting Co.
Record
Covers - RCA, Caedmon Records, Electra Records, ABC Records
Advertising
Agencies - Fairfax, Michael Cather; Spegal and Ladden; AC and R;
Ross Roy; Jordan, McGrath, Case & Taylor; Edwin Bird Wilson; Six
Flags Amusement Parks; Pace Advertising; Cody Advertising; Gerber Advertising;
United Way of Greenville 1998 Campaign
Posters
- ABC Summer Olympics, 1984 - LoGrippo Art Poster, Louisianna-Pacific
25th Anniversary Poster, Snow Country Magazine Poster 1996
Lithographic
Reproductions - Franklin Mint: "The Four Seasons" 1978-1980,
Original Prints, Inc. signed and numbered edition 1982
Exhibitions
- 2009 - Gina
Gallery of International Naïve Art, New York, NY
- 1999 - Frank
Miele Gallery, 1086 Madison, NY
- 1983 -
1998 Jaro Art Galleries, 956 Madison Ave, NYC - Annual One
Man Shows
- 1996 - Wells
Gallery, Charleston, SC - Group Show • Blue
Spiral Gallery I, Asheville, NC - Group Show • Spartanburg
Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC - Retrospective
- 1995 - Portals, Ltd., Chicago, IL - One Man Show • Bob
Jones University, Greenville, SC - Illustration Show
Collections
- Bacardi
Rum Private Collection
- Exxon
Corporation Private Collection
- Louisianna-Pacific
Private Collection
- Work
in U.S. Embassies in Czechoslavakia and Romania
Teaching
- Parsons
School of Design, 1982-1994
- Pratt
Institute, 1985 -1989
- Furman
University Continuing Education Program, 1997
- Spartanburg Art Museum, 1997 - present
other professional activity
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