SR0302 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Frank Gallo of Urbana, who passed away on March 22, 2019; and

WHEREAS, Frank Gallo was born in Toledo, Ohio to Joseph and Pauline on January 13, 1933; he graduated from the University of Toledo and received his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa, where he worked with renowned printmaker Mauricio Lasansky; and

WHEREAS, Frank Gallo was a sculptor and the Head of Graduate Sculpture at the University of Illinois; throughout his years as a teacher, he continued to create his own unique sculptures; for a number of years, he exhibited large epoxy figures before going to France to study glass at Daum Cristallerie in 1972; he was a pioneer in cast paper, a technique he taught in the handmade paper and paper casting program he helped initiate at the University of Illinois; in 1969, he was commissioned by Time magazine to produce the magazine's cover art, featuring a sculpture of Raquel Welch, which is in the collection of the National Sculpture Museum; it was recognized as Cover of the Year by the American Institute of Graphic Arts; and

WHEREAS, Frank Gallo received numerous awards during his career, including a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1966 and a National Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Excellence in 1969; he was named Best Illustrator of the Year by the Society of Published Designers in 1979; he won the Best of Category Award, Chicago '79 Annual and the National Sculpture Society Annual Sculpture Prize in 1992; he was awarded the Senior Scholar Award from the University of Illinois in 1985; and

WHEREAS, Museum exhibitions holding Frank Gallo's work include the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Museum of Arts and Contemporary Crafts, New York, "People Figures," 1966; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto International Sculpture Symposium 1967; Alliance on Art, the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., 1968; the Museo de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro; Works on Paper, Art Institute of Chicago, 1978; the Royal College of Art in London group exhibition in 1978; the Frank Gallo Retrospective, Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1983; the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art; the Los Angeles County Museum; and the Baltimore Museum of Art; in 1968, he represented the United States in the prestigious Venice Biennale; and

WHEREAS, Frank Gallo will be remembered for his generosity, unique sense of humor, and brazen personality; and

WHEREAS, Frank Gallo was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Sam and Bill; and his sister, Betty; and

WHEREAS, Frank Gallo is survived by his children, Joseph (Stephanie) Gallo and Polly Gallo; his grandchildren, Dillon, Ian, Mason, and Mia Gallo; his first wife, Mary Gallo; and his dear friends, Barbara and Anne Wolfe; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Frank Gallo and extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Frank Gallo as an expression of our deepest sympathy.