Xavier J. Barile

Xavier J. Barile
BornMarch 18, 1891
Tufo, Italy
DiedOctober 12, 1981
New York City
EducationCooper Union, Art Students League
Known forPaintings, monotypes, drawings, teaching
MovementAshcan School, American Realism
SpouseLolita de Silva

Xavier J. Barile (b. Saverio Barile)[1] (March 18, 1891 – October 12, 1981) was an American painter, graphic artist, illustrator and art teacher born in Tufo, Italy. He worked in many mediums including oil, casein, watercolor, pen and ink, monotyping and etching creating figurative scenes, cityscapes, landscapes, seascapes and portraits.[2][3] Always an avid sketcher, Barile also worked as a magazine and newspaper illustrator and cartoonist. As a painter Barile was strongly influenced by American Realism and the Ashcan School, but developed his own distinctive, somewhat more modern style of realism involving subtle contours and distortions of perspective.[3]

  1. ^ Archivio di Stato di Avellino - Registro di nascita del Comune di Tufo, atto di nascita n.19/1891
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