Circa 2003 Joseph Palermo "The Jazz Player" Original Artwork

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Design Plus Gallery presents an Original Mixed Media Artwork titled "The Jazz Player" by artist Joseph Palermo (1936 - 2014). … Read more Design Plus Gallery presents an Original Mixed Media Artwork titled "The Jazz Player" by artist Joseph Palermo (1936 - 2014). Signed by artist on back with year 2003. This is an acrylic on canvas with linocut techniques. In good condition, minimal wear from usage.

Estimate Price: $6,000

About Artist:
"Born on the south side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Post World War II, the son of John Palermo,
Gandi Dancer for the Pennsylvania and Lake Erie Railroad, and Perrina Palermo, Opera Singer
and housewife. Enlisting in the U.S. Marines at the age of 17, Joseph Palermo lived in New York,
and other countries of the world. In the sense of adventure, Joe Palermo, is an artist who has
been everywhere and done most everything. An undefeated amateur boxer in the Marine Corps,
he was honorably discharged out of the service in Spain, and had the opportunity to serve as an
assistant to Joan Miro. Back in the U.S. he dealt blackjack for a year in Las Vegas, managed a
doo-wop vocal group called the Delcos, and was a professional jazz musician. Rejoining the
military, he attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts while serving as an air traffic controller in Paris for three years. He then served a tour in Vietnam and was wounded in action, as a member of the 19th Air Commandos. After, Palermo, left the military, he traveled to Africa as a mercenary on a life- saving mission. He then spent ten years living in Spain as a highly respected expatriate artist. Finally he cast his fate in Las Vegas again, soon serving as the President and Executive Director of the new Las Vegas Art Museum. Through all this life- flux, Palermo has remained an artist, and an accomplished painter and a sculptor, first and foremost. As an artist, Joseph’s work has been through many changes, as has his colorful life. Master of many styles, he has floated freely among them, sometimes adopting and discarding them in an experimental journey that has now brought him to the innovative frontier of American art. " See less