Provincetown Garden (on Pearl Street)

Principato, Ernest Studied at Vesper George School of Art, Boston, with Robert D. Hunter, Boston; R. H. Ives Gammell Atelier, Everett R. Kinstler and Richard L. Seyffert, Art Students League, NYC; with Jose DeCreeft, NY; eight summers (one year straight through the following summer) with Henry Hensche, Cape Cod School of Art. Also with Tom Lovell and Cleve Woodward (incidentally Mr. Woodward was the portrait/figure monitor for Charles W.Hawthorne_x001a_s summer classes at the Cape Cod School of Art. Also with Cedric and Joanette Egeli of Edgewater, Maryland. For the last two years he has participated in the January portrait workshop for advanced studies, held in Maryland, and has also participated in a two week summer course for outdoor portrait/figure classes offered at Cape Cod. Memberships include: National Arts Club of New York City, Pastel Society of America, Society of American Impressionists, the Art Students League of N.Y., and the International Society of Marine Painters. The artist founded American Art Productions to expand an understanding of color as the essential element of impressionist painting. Countless exhibitions and collections include: Dr. Cornelius Vermeule, Curator of Classical Painting and Museum Curator at Boston_x001a_s Museum of Fine Arts. Since then other commissions have followed and his painting are now included in corporations, public institutions, and private collections both in the U.S. and abroad. This garden is at 4 Pearl Street, Provincetown. _x001a_Provincetown Garden (on Pearl Street)_x001a_, oil on panel, 20 x 32, Signed Lower Right, gold gilt frame. Artist_x001a_s label verso.