Ezio Martinelli

• Name — Ezio Martinelli • Born — 27 November 1913 • Birthplace — Hoboken, New Jersey, US • Died — 1980 • Place of death — Saugerties, New York, US • Field — Painting, sculpture • Movement — Abstract expressionism; New York Figurative Expressionism

Martinelli was born on November 27, 1913, in West Hoboken, New Jersey. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Bologna. He returned to the US and 1932–1936 studied at the National Academy of Design, NYC with Leon Kroll & Gifford Beal, drawing with Ivan Olinsky, and sculpture with long-time sculpture teacher, Robert Aiken. Martinelli's taught at several universities from 1946 through 1975 including the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Parsons School of Design, and Sarah Lawrence College. He was associated with the New York studio Atelier 17 from the late 1940s through the early 1950s. He died in 1980.

• 1937–1941: easel painter and unit supervisor.

• 1943: Philip Regan Gallery, Pennsylvania; • 1946, 47, 52, 55, 57, 59, 64, 66: The Willard Gallery, NYC; • 1956, 68: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington; • 1956: Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota; • 1962: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; • 1968: University of Minnesota; Benson Gallery, East Hampton, New York.

• 1934: Society of Independent Artists, NYC; • 1936: Federal Art Project Gallery, NYC; • 1939: ACA Gallery, NYC; • 1940: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, – annuals; • 1941: American Drawing Annual, Albany Institute of Art and History, New York; 20th International Exhibition of Watercolors, Art Institute of Chicago; Elgin Academy of Fine Art, Illinois; San Diego Fine Art Society, California; Denver Art Museum, Colorado; • 1942, 43, 44: Peggy Guggenheim's, The Art of This Century Gallery, Spring Salon for Younger Artists, NYC; San Francisco Art Association, California; • 1943: Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey; • 1944: Philadelphia Print Club; • 1947: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. – biennial; International Watercolor Show, Brooklyn Museum, New York City; "Abstract and Surrealist Art in America," Art Institute of Chicago; • 1947, 58, 67: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, – annuals; • 1948, 56, 60, 62, 64, 66: Whitney Museum of American Art, Annuals; 1949: Brooklyn Museum, New York City; • 1952: Drawings From Twelve Countries, Art Institute of Chicago; 1955, 56: American Watercolors in France, Paris; • 1956: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; American Federation of Arts, New York City; "Monumentality in Modern Sculpture," Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas; • 1957: "Irons in the Fire: An Exhibition of Metal Sculpture/Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas. October 17th–Dec. 1st, 1957"; "Eight American Artists – Contemporaries Abroad – Europe Edition", circ., sponsored by State Department; "Major Work in Minor Scale," American Federation of Arts, New York City; • 1959: "Carnegie International," Carnegie International Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York; • 1959, 66: National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York City; • 1960: "Aspect de la Sculpture Americaine," Galerie Bernard, Paris France; "Business Buys American Art: Third Loan Exhibition by the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art," Whitney Museum of American Art. New York City; • 1962: "The Architectural League of New York – National Gold Medal Exhibition of the Building Arts; A Survey of American Sculpture: Late 18th Century to 1962," The Newark Museum, NJ; • 1964: "Westside Artists," Riverside Art Museum, New York City; • 1965: "Major 19th and 20th Century Drawings," Gallery of Modern Art, NYC; "White on White," DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska; "The Drawing Society National Exhibition 1965," American Federation of Arts, New York City; • 1966: "Made of Iron," Fine Arts Gallery, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas; • 1971: "Modern Sculptors – Their Drawings, Watercolors," Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York.