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1942 Born in Florence, Italy
1959-62 Istituto Galileo Galilei, Florence
1962-63 Studied with Silvio Loffredo, Academy of Fine Arts, Florence
1964-65 Military Service, stationed in Naples and Bolzano
1966 Great flood of Florence; travels to Greece painting on location in Crete
1967 Lives in London with studio in South Kensington
November 23 – arrives in New York; moves to California with studios in
Belmont Shores, Long Beach (1967-70) and Laguna Beach (1971-81)
1974 Studies printmaking with master printer Guy Maccoy
1981 Moves to San Francisco with studios in North Beach (1981-89) and Pacific Heights
(1989 to 2005).
2005 Moves to Toronto with studio in the Film District
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2007 SCAPE, Corona del Mar, California
2004 Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003 Cloister of Sant’Agostino, Pietrasanta, Italy
2002 Miniaci Art Gallery, Venice, Italy
2002 Miniaci Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
2002 Palazzo Ducale, Massa, Italy
2001 Pasquale Iannetti Gallery, San Francisco
2001 Isetan Gallery, Tokyo
2001 Museo Italo-Americano, San Francisco
2000 MB Modern, New York
2000 Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1999 Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco
1998 Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
1998 Pasquale Iannetti Gallery, San Francisco
1997 Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
1997 Galleria d’Arte Mentana, Florence, Italy
1997 Cloisters of Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
1996 Italian Cultural Institute, Los Angeles
1996 Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
1996 Pasquale Iannetti Gallery, San Francisco
1995 Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
1994 Museo Italo-Americano, San Francisco
1994 Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, California
1993 Pasquale Iannetti Galleries, San Francisco
1992 Bernard Galleries, Walnut Creek, California
1991 Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco
1990 Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
1990 Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1990 Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco
1989 Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
1989 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1988 Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, Paris, France
1988 Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
1988 Bernard Galleries, Walnut Creek, California
1987 Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
1987 Gallery at Nichols Hills, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1985 Bernard Galleries, Walnut Creek, California
1985 Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
1984 La Galeria, San Francisco
1983 Gallery at Nichols Hills, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1979 Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
1976 Bernard Galleries, Walnut Creek, California
1975 Haggenmaker Galleries, Beverly Hills, California
1973 Galleria D'Arte Internazionale, Florence, Italy
1973 Design Gallery, Newport Beach, California
1970 Town and Country Gallery, Orange, California
1967 Galleria Mentana, Florence, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Town and Country, David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York
2007 Toronto International Art Fair, Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2006 Toronto International Art Fair, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005 San Francisco International Art Exposition, Pasquale Iannetti Galleries, San Francisco
2004 Ars et Amor, National Shrine of Saint Francis, San Francisco
2004 Art Miami, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003 Toronto International Art Fair, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003 25thAnniversary Exhibition: Selected Works From The Permanent Collection,
MuseoItaloAmericano, San Francisco
2002 Facing the City, DNFA Gallery, Pasadena, California
2002 Selections from the Permanent Collections. Western Illinois University Art
Gallery, Macomb, Illinois.
2001 Toronto International Art Fair, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2001 The Pool Show, DNFA Gallery, Pasadena, California
2000 Toronto International Art Fair, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1998 Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
1997 Sydne Bernard Fine Arts, Los Angeles
1997 Wolf Kahn, H. Joe Waldrum, Marco Sassone, Dennis Hare - Personal Landscapes
1997 4 Painters Reflect, Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
1993 Body Politic, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery
1992 Issue of Choice, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
1992 + 12, Pasquale Iannetti Galleries, San Francisco
1992 Venezia; Riflessi Passati e Presenti - Venetian Reflections Past and Present:
Painter Marco Sassone's Modern Day Venice; the Eighteenth Century Venice of Antonio Visentini, Engraver, Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco
1991 The sixth International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles (ART LA), Diane
Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
1991 California Perspective, Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California
1990 Chicago International Art Exposition, Raab Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1990 Basel Art Fair, Pasquale Iannetti Galleries, San Francisco
1990 MIX, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles
The Fourth International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles (ART LA), Raab
Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1980 Bernard Galleries, Laguna Beach, California
1977 National Academy of Design, New York
1974 Maxwell Galleries, Ltd., San Francisco
1973 National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1972 Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
1970 Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
1969 Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1968 Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles
1967 Perche' Non Si Dimentichi, Galleria Lo Sprone, Florence, Italy
LECTURES
2003 University Section Club, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley,
California.
2002 Palazzo Ducale, Massa, Italy
2001 Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco
1994 Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco.
1987 Leonardo Da Vinci Society, University of California, San Francisco.
1979 Kern County Art Education Association, Bakersfield, California.
1978 San Bernardino Museum, San Bernardino, California.
1978 Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California.
1978 Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California.
1976 Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California.
1970 Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Proclamation "Marco Sassone Day in San Francisco", March 30, from Frank
M. Jordan, Mayor of San Francisco.
Commendation of the City of Los Angeles from Mayor Tom Bradley for twenty years of painting in California.
Knighted by the President of Italy, Sandro Pertini, into the "Order to the Merit of the Italian Republic".
1978 Gold medal from the Italian Academy of Arts, Literature and Science,
Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy.
COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum
Newport Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
American International Bank, Los Angeles, California
Ameron Center, Los Angeles, California
Bank of America, Data Center, Los Angeles, California
Bank of America Headquarters, Los Angeles, California
Bertea Corporation, Los Angeles, California
California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California
Ciprus Mines Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Creative Media Consultants, Montecito, California
Ferrari-Carano Winery, Healdsburg, California
Galleria d’Arte Internazionale, Florence, Italy
Gulf Oil, Bakersfield, California
Hunt-Wesson, Fullerton, California
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
Moving Media, Stinson Beach, California
Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, California
Robb Murray & Company, San Francisco, California
Nissho-Iwai, Los Angeles, California
Palio D’Asti, San Francisco, California
Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Macomb, Illinois
Luce Abbey Estate, Napa, California
RBC, Toronto, Canada
COMMISSIONS
2008 The Bellagio on Bloor, Toronto, Canada
1999 National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi, San Francisco, California
1998 Palio D’Asti, San Francisco, California
1994 Mc Graw Hill, New York
1992 Ferrari-Carano Winery, Healdsburg, California
1991 Luce Abbey Estate, Napa, California
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