Frank Corso was born in Syracuse, New York. Taking a keen interest in art at a very early age, he was inspired to draw and paint the landscape of the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. He had the opportunity to have very fine art teachers in high school who also happen to be fine painters (George Benedict and Nick Todisco), and through their influence began to polish his painting style from an early age. After attending both Onondaga Community College and Syracuse University, he began private study in portrait and figure painting with an Austrian born portrait painter, Robert Hoffmann.

This association lasted for over eleven years. He then began to travel and paint extensively around the country and eventually in Europe, focusing his attention on Italy. As time went on, he continued study with other portrait painters such as Daniel Greene of New York and Jack Callahan of Rockport, feeling that the way to gain knowledge of painting was through portrait painters, which he could then apply to landscape painting to forge his own style.

Around 1980, Corso relocated to the North Shore of Massachusetts, where there has always been a thriving art scene. He achieved Master status at the Copley Society in Boston and began to receive many awards for his work, including The Yankee Sagendorf award and the Grumbacher medal. His paintings have been included in “The Best of Oil Painting” and the “Best of Pastel” hard cover art books by Rockport Publishers and in feature articles in “Sea History Magazine” and Southwest Florida's "Expressions" magazine.

Corso continues to split his time between Massachusetts where he maintains a home and studio and Southwest Florida, along with many painting trips around the country and Europe. His paintings are sought by collectors and hang in many private and corporate institutions around the world including the Ritz Carlton, Naples Florida ,The Cloister, Geogia Sea Island and many others. Frank is represented by fine Galleries and dealers nationwide.

AWARDS

1984  Yankee Sagendorf Award

1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991  Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council awards

1987  Grumbacher Gold Medal

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008  Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples, FL 11th Annual One Man Show

2007  Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples, FL 10th Annual One Man Show

2006  Cavalier Gallery, Nantucket, MA

2006  Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples, FL Ninth Annual One Man Show

EXHIBITIONS

2004-2006  Wentworth Coolidge Museum, NH

2001  Attleboro Museum, MA

1999  Harvard Club, Boston, MA

1996  John Collins Gallery, MA

AFFILIATIONS

Master Status from the Copley Society of Boston

Elected Full member Pastel Society of America

American Society of Marine Artists

PUBLICATIONS