Leo Auerlio Marzolo timeline

Marzolo, Leo Aurelio[1]

BORN: February  22, 1887 Martinez,  CA

DIED: March 21, 1964 Geneva, IL

MARRIED:Blanche Fuller[2]

TRAINING

Public schools, San Francisco

Hopkins Institute of Art

ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT

1899 Framing store, San Francisco

1917-on Paintings and conservator, Chicago[3]

1928-c.1955 Paintings conservator, Art Institute of Chicago[4]

[1]“Leo Marzolo, Artist, Resotrer, Humanitarian,” The Palette & Chisel, Vol. 1, No. 7, October 1924, pp.1, 3.

[2]She was descended from an early Massachusettspioneer. “Our New Department Opens Who’s Next?,” The Palette & Chisel, Vol. VIII, No. 9, November 1931, p.5.

[3]“Among the Dealers,” in “News of the Art World,” Chicago Evening Post, 8/14/1917, p.9. See also: “The Art Dealers,” in “News of the Art World,” Chicago Evening Post, 1/4/1921and Louise Hutchinson, “Artist Wipes Mist of Years from Works of the Masters,” Chicago Tribune, Chicago Historical Society artist file, 7/26/1953, p.N1, which gives an extensive account of his life.

[4]“Leo Marzolo Exhibits Paintings At Chicago Galleries,” Wheaton Journal, Art Institute of Chicago archives, Ryerson Library, 5/22/1950. The paper called him one of the greatest conservators in the world. He also did conservation for museums in Louisville; Davenport, Iowa; Minneapolis and Memphis.