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"If I had a choice, I would be surrounded by an autumn day immediately followed by a summer night. Nothing is as lusty as a summer night or as romantically sad as an autumn day. Since I can't have that, what I do is paint what my world is about at the time."
As his words illustrate, Aldo Luongo is as much a pragmatist as a romantic, an artist who in his own words is "a part of this earth; not cosmic - not guided to paint by some power, but a person of the age in which I live."
Born in Argentina on January 31, 1941, in Buenos Aires, of Italian parents, Luongo's goal was to follow in his father's footsteps to become a professional soccer player. This ambition having been realized, was short lived due to an injury.
Fortunately, at the age of 14 Luongo had entered The Academy Of Fine Arts and subsequently received his degree. Luongo began to paint professionally at the age of 27 while on a trip to Italy, creating 30 originals later displayed in his first one-man show in Los Angeles.
His influences are "Monet for his pastels, Toulouse-Lautrec for his drawing technique combined with the strength of Van Gogh, would be my idea of the perfect Luongo." Luongo's paintings are a unique blend of the sensual with the cerebral, thus they appeal to a broad audience.
His work has been collected by such stars as Cary Grant, Yul Brynner, Anthony Quinn and Dionne Warwick, to name a few.
Aldo Luongo's painting is Aldo Luongo's life. His paintings comprise vignettes, episodes of the good life, or as he says, "they could be 10 seconds of any person's life."
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 Fishing Day |
 Full House and Red Wine |
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 Serenity |
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 Summer Beach |
 Summer Fishing |
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 Three Cypresses |
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 Windy Beach II |
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