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Castano Galleries (Boston, Mass.) print view role Dealer/Gallery dates 1931-1983 city Boston state MA sex n/a historical notes The gallery was founded in 1931 by Giovanni Castano also known as John Castano. Castano attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where he was an assistant to Philip Hale. He was a scenic artist for the Boston Opera Company and for the Grand Opera in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the Depression, he returned to Boston where he opened a gallery on Newbury Street specializing in European and American paintings, acted as an agent for Wildenstein and Co., and restored paintings. The gallery had numerous exhibitions of the "Boston School," including A.C. Goodwin, Winslow Homer, Philip Hale, Edmund C. Tarbell, William Paxton and others. The gallery occupied several Newbury St. locations. From 1975 until his death, Castano operated it from his home in Needham. decades of activity 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 updated 03/22/2024 12:09:28 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Castano Galleries records, 1907-1983. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Oral history interview with Josephine Marie Caruso Castano regarding Giovanni (John) Castano, 1991 May 17 see details... «  back