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Carl
Valente was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1928. He revealed a
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artistic ability at an early age and at seventeen he won a
national art contest and |
| received a scholarship to the prestigious Cleveland Art
Institute where he continued |
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to study for several years. |
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His artistic ability was of special interest to the Los Angeles
Herald Examiner |
| where he was invited to join the newspaper as a staff-artist,
illustrator, and designer of |
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Sunday color magazines. |
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In the late eighties, using oil as an exclusive medium, American
impressionist |
| Carl Valente recreated in traditional form timeless scenes of
the peaceful American |
| countryside along with English cottages and villages of the
British countryside. Archway |
| of climbing plants entwine around brilliantly colored shrubs
that frame quaint thatched |
| cottages. The artist's landscapes are offerings from
different seasons, from a palette |
| of varying colors. These timeless images are in private
collections all over the US. |
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