Name Xavier Barile | ||
Died 1981, New York City, New York, United States Education Cooper Union, Art Students League of New York | ||
Xavier J. Barile (March 18, 1891 in Tufo, Italy – October 1981 in New York City) was an American artist.
Life
In 1907, he immigrated with his family to Queens. He studied at Cooper Union, and at the Art Students League, where he studied with John Sloan, William de Leftwich Dodge, Louis Mora, and Victor Perard. He was director of the Barile Art School, from 1919 to 1939.
Barile worked for the Treasury Relief Art Project, assisting Reginald Marsh with the murals of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House.
He was head of the Pueblo Junior College Art Department, from 1939 to 1946.
He married Lolita de Silva, in 1961. His papers are held at the Archives of American Art.
His work is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
References
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