TRAINING:

National Academy of Design, New York City

REPROSPECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:

1963: Michigan State University
1975: New Jersey State Museum, Trenton
1976: Thorne Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH
1979: Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Florida
1985: In Memorium Exhibition, Ellerslie Museum, Trenton, NJ
1985: Sharon Arts Center, NH
1985: Midtown Payson Galleries, NYC

GROUP EXHIBITS:

Whitney Museum of American Art
Museum of Modern Art
Art Institute of Chicago
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Venice Biennale, 1950
U.S. State Department Tour
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton,
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Smith College, Northampton, MA
University of Iowa
University of Minnesota
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX
St. Louis Museum
1939 World's Fair, NYC
Golden Gate Exposition, San Francisco

ONE MAN SHOWS: NYC

1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954,
1957 (Los Angeles), 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968,1971, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1985

ACA GALLERY
NORDNESS GALLERY
TERRY DINTENFASS GALLERY
FELIZ LANDAU GALLERY (LOS ANGELES)
LERNER-HELLER GALLERY
MIDTOWN GALLERY
MIDTOWN PAYSON GALLERY

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:

Whitney Museum of American Art
Museum of Modern Art
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Art Institute of Chicago
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
The Phillips Memorial Gallery; Washington, D.C.
Brandeis University
University of Nebraska
University of Oklahoma
University of Alabama
Hawaii University
University of Texas
University of Notre Dame
Butler Institute of American Art
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Wagner College
The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton
Montclair Art Museum
The New School Art Center
The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Addison Gallery of American Art

PRIZES:

1946: Third Prize, Pepsi-Cola Competition
1946: Temple Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1947: Fifth Prize, Pepsi-Cola Competition
1961: National Institute of Arts and Letters Grant
1972: Altman Prize, National Academy of Design
1976: Purchase Prize, Henry Ward Ranger Fund
1977: Wm A. Patton Prize, National Academy of Design
1979: Rocky Mountain Water Media Exhibition
1981: American Watercolor Society Award
1982: American Watercolor Society Award

HONORS:

1963: Michigan State University: Artist-in-Residence
1968: American Academy in Rome Painter-in-Residence
1976: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters

TEACHING:

1946-48: Veteran's Art Center, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
1941-49: Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, NY
1949-65: The New School, NYC

*This Resumé has been compiled from a number of sources found in Prestopino’s papers