VINCENT VALLARINO
American, b. 1953
American, b. 1953
Vincent Vallarino was born in Austin, Texas in 1953 and grew up in the Mount Washington Valley in Conway, New Hampshire. He began photographing at age 14 while attending prep school and was exhibiting his photographs by age 16. In 1971, he studied photography with Minor White and Stephen Gersh in Boston. While studying at Apeiron in Millerton, New York, he apprenticed under Paul Caponigro and Michael Hoffman, publisher of Aperture. Many of his early photographs deal with form and abstraction through still lifes which he has continued to photograph for the past 55 years.
Five trips to Iceland from 1970 to 1975 found Vallarino photographing the rugged landscape and lava swept landmasses of this incredible terrain. He became a member of the Polaroid Collection in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1972, and then moved to Lucerne, Switzerland, where he was assistant editor of Camera magazine under legendary art director Alan Porter. While in Europe, Vallarino spent many months photographing the woods in Luxembourg.
Vallarino is not only a photographer but a collector and dealer of fine art photography. From 1976 through 1986, he amassed a large collection, the “History of Photography” which was donated to The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire. His noteable collection of fashion photographs was donated to the International Center of Photography in New York City. In the years to follow, Vallarino and Stephen Gersh started a company in Essex, Massachusetts called Light Works, which was one of the first photographic printing and portfolio production facilities of its day.
In 1982, Vallarino met Richard Avedon and assisted in developing the famous Christian Dior advertising campaign in which he was one of the models, Oliver Dior. Later that same year, Vallarino and Nicholas Callaway published, in mammoth size, one of Avedon’s most famous photographs entitled “Kinsky and the Serpent,” shocking the current day photography market. In 1983, Vallarino edited Francesco Scavullo’s retrospective monograph and launched a series of worldwide exhibitions of the photographer’s life work.
Vallarino and art dealer Abby Taylor started The Greenwich Gallery in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1988, which specialized in 19th and 20th century American and European paintings. In 1993, The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire acquired a master set of Vallarino’s photographs for their permanent collection and staged a 25-year retrospective exhibition. Vallarino served on the Board of Directors of the Fine Art Dealers Association from 1996 - 2010.
In 2006, Vallarino established Vallarino Fine Art, specializing in American Post War artists with a focus on the New York School of Abstract Expressionists. He has published 25 catalogues and short films on the subject. His influence in reintroducing numerous artists and many women artists from this period has had an important impact on the art market and art world.
Vincent Vallarino lives in Millbrook, New York with his family on an estate once owned by Henry Flagler’s Family. His photography has been featured in numerous exhibitions and may be found in many private and public collections, including:
The Addison Gallery of Art, Andover, Massachusetts
The Sheldon Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
The De Saisset Art Museum, Santa Clara, California
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
The Clarence Kennedy Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts Polaroid Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
The Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England Forbes Collection, New York, New York
The Bibliotheque National, Paris, France
Five trips to Iceland from 1970 to 1975 found Vallarino photographing the rugged landscape and lava swept landmasses of this incredible terrain. He became a member of the Polaroid Collection in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1972, and then moved to Lucerne, Switzerland, where he was assistant editor of Camera magazine under legendary art director Alan Porter. While in Europe, Vallarino spent many months photographing the woods in Luxembourg.
Vallarino is not only a photographer but a collector and dealer of fine art photography. From 1976 through 1986, he amassed a large collection, the “History of Photography” which was donated to The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire. His noteable collection of fashion photographs was donated to the International Center of Photography in New York City. In the years to follow, Vallarino and Stephen Gersh started a company in Essex, Massachusetts called Light Works, which was one of the first photographic printing and portfolio production facilities of its day.
In 1982, Vallarino met Richard Avedon and assisted in developing the famous Christian Dior advertising campaign in which he was one of the models, Oliver Dior. Later that same year, Vallarino and Nicholas Callaway published, in mammoth size, one of Avedon’s most famous photographs entitled “Kinsky and the Serpent,” shocking the current day photography market. In 1983, Vallarino edited Francesco Scavullo’s retrospective monograph and launched a series of worldwide exhibitions of the photographer’s life work.
Vallarino and art dealer Abby Taylor started The Greenwich Gallery in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1988, which specialized in 19th and 20th century American and European paintings. In 1993, The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire acquired a master set of Vallarino’s photographs for their permanent collection and staged a 25-year retrospective exhibition. Vallarino served on the Board of Directors of the Fine Art Dealers Association from 1996 - 2010.
In 2006, Vallarino established Vallarino Fine Art, specializing in American Post War artists with a focus on the New York School of Abstract Expressionists. He has published 25 catalogues and short films on the subject. His influence in reintroducing numerous artists and many women artists from this period has had an important impact on the art market and art world.
Vincent Vallarino lives in Millbrook, New York with his family on an estate once owned by Henry Flagler’s Family. His photography has been featured in numerous exhibitions and may be found in many private and public collections, including:
The Addison Gallery of Art, Andover, Massachusetts
The Sheldon Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
The De Saisset Art Museum, Santa Clara, California
The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
The Clarence Kennedy Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts Polaroid Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
The Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England Forbes Collection, New York, New York
The Bibliotheque National, Paris, France
Floating Poppies, 1992, Millbrook, New York, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 26 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
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Calla and Poppy, 1987, Millbrook, New York, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 26 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
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Civita di Bagnoregio, 1969, Italy, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 26 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
Peony #2, 1993, Millbrook, New York, Archival pigment print, edition of 15,
33 3/4 x 26 3/4 inches |
SOLD - Ship Rock, Navajo Nation, San Juan County, New Mexico, 2011, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 41 1/2 x 52 inches
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SOLD - Luxembourg Woods #2, 1974, Fishbach, Luxembourg, Archival pigment print, edition 5/25, 24 x 34 inches
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Calla #3, 1971, Millerton, New York, Archival pigment photograph, edition 5/25, 34 x 24 inches
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Calla #10, Conway, New Hampshire, 1971, Archival pigment print, edition of 18, 33 3/4 x 26 7/8 inches
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Floating Rock, Inn Unique, Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, 1970, Archival pigment print, edition of 18, 26 3/4 x 33 inches
Audubon Center #1, Sharon, Connecticut, 1972, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 33 3/4 x 23 1/2
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Audubon Center #2, Sharon, Connecticut, 1972, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 33 3/4 x 24
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Calla #2, Conway, New Hampshire, 1972, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 23 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
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Calla #5, Millerton, New York, 1972, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 26 3/4 x 33 1/2 inches
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Electric Rocks, Kennebunkport, Maine, 1976, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 24 x 33 3/4 inches
Clematis in a Chinese Bowl, Millbrook, New York, 1992, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 26 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
Fishbach Woods, Fishbach, Luxembourg, 1974, Archival pigment print, edition of 25, 33 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches
Two Floating Callas, Millbrook, New York, 1990, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 33 1/2 x 26 3/4 inches
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SOLD - Calla with Leaves, Millbrook, New York, 1987, Archival pigment print, edition of 18, 33 3/4 x 26 7/8 inches
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SOLD - Two Callas Touching, Millbrooks, New York, 1989, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 23 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
Calla Bud with Stalks, Millbrook, New York, 1989, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 33 3/4 x 26 3/4 inches
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Calla Lotus, Millerton, New York, 1990, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 27 1/4 x 23 5/8 inches
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Cypress Point, Point Lobos Carmel, California, 2004, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 26 3/4, 33 1/2 inches
Calla #5, Conway, New Hampshire, 1971, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 33 3/4 x 26 3/4 inches
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Calla #6, Conway, New Hampshire, 1971, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 33 3/4 x 26 3/4 inches
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Calla #11, Millterton, New York, 1972, Archival pigment print, edition of 15, 26 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
Luxembourg Woods #3, Fishbach, Luxembourg, 1974, Archival pigment print, edition of 25, 24 x 33 3/4 inches
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Luxembourg Woods #1, Fishbach, Luxembourg, 1974, Archival pigment print, edition of 25, 24 x 33 3/4 inches
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Eruption over Heimaey, Westman Islands Iceland, 1974, Archival pigment print, edition of 18, 24 x 33 3/4 inches