Full Text of SR0302 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Frank Gallo of Urbana, who passed away on | 4 | | March 22, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Frank Gallo was born in Toledo, Ohio to Joseph and | 6 | | Pauline on January 13, 1933; he graduated from the University | 7 | | of Toledo and received his Master of Fine Arts from the | 8 | | University of Iowa, where he worked with renowned printmaker | 9 | | Mauricio Lasansky; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Frank Gallo was a sculptor and the Head of | 11 | | Graduate Sculpture at the University of Illinois; throughout | 12 | | his years as a teacher, he continued to create his own unique | 13 | | sculptures; for a number of years, he exhibited large epoxy | 14 | | figures before going to France to study glass at Daum | 15 | | Cristallerie in 1972; he was a pioneer in cast paper, a | 16 | | technique he taught in the handmade paper and paper casting | 17 | | program he helped initiate at the University of Illinois; in | 18 | | 1969, he was commissioned by Time magazine to produce the | 19 | | magazine's cover art, featuring a sculpture of Raquel Welch, | 20 | | which is in the collection of the National Sculpture Museum; it | 21 | | was recognized as Cover of the Year by the American Institute | 22 | | of Graphic Arts; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Frank Gallo received numerous awards during his | 2 | | career, including a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1966 | 3 | | and a National Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Excellence | 4 | | in 1969; he was named Best Illustrator of the Year by the | 5 | | Society of Published Designers in 1979; he won the Best of | 6 | | Category Award, Chicago '79 Annual and the National Sculpture | 7 | | Society Annual Sculpture Prize in 1992; he was awarded the | 8 | | Senior Scholar Award from the University of Illinois in 1985; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Museum exhibitions holding Frank Gallo's work | 11 | | include the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Museum of Arts | 12 | | and Contemporary Crafts, New York, "People Figures," 1966; the | 13 | | Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto International Sculpture | 14 | | Symposium 1967; Alliance on Art, the Smithsonian Institute, | 15 | | Washington, D.C., 1968; the Museo de Arte Moderna, Rio de | 16 | | Janeiro; Works on Paper, Art Institute of Chicago, 1978; the | 17 | | Royal College of Art in London group exhibition in 1978; the | 18 | | Frank Gallo Retrospective, Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, | 19 | | Wisconsin, 1983; the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art; the Los | 20 | | Angeles County Museum; and the Baltimore Museum of Art; in | 21 | | 1968, he represented the United States in the prestigious | 22 | | Venice Biennale; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Frank Gallo will be remembered for his generosity, | 24 | | unique sense of humor, and brazen personality; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Frank Gallo was preceded in death by his parents; | 2 | | his brothers, Sam and Bill; and his sister, Betty; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Frank Gallo is survived by his children, Joseph | 4 | | (Stephanie) Gallo and Polly Gallo; his grandchildren, Dillon, | 5 | | Ian, Mason, and Mia Gallo; his first wife, Mary Gallo; and his | 6 | | dear friends, Barbara and Anne Wolfe; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Frank Gallo and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 10 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Frank Gallo as an expression of our | 13 | | deepest sympathy.
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