Leslie-Lohman Gallery | Marion Pinto

Marion Pinto (1935 -- 2010)
American, Painter

Born and raised in New York City and an early pioneer of the SoHo artists' district, she created one of the first images of the coming of age of SoHo when she was commissioned to paint a mural for the Ballroom restaurant depicting several SoHo art world figures. The painting is now in the Museum of the City of New York . Pinto had the first one-woman show ever mounted at the Leslie/Lohman Gallery (1975) entitled, "Man As A Sex Object." It was in that period that she painted the dual nude of Fritz Lohman and Charles Leslie which later hung in Bologna 's Museo d'Arte Moderna in the mammoth exhibition entitled, "Il Nudo." Her work can be found in collections in North America, Europe and Japan where she spent a year in a "visiting artist" program.

H. Sturges, The Opposite Sex, The New Art Examiner, vol. 6, no. 10 (Summer 1979) 3-6.

Man as a Sex Object, Michael 's Thing, vol. 5, no. 48 (Nov. 10, 1975) 38-41.

Freeman Gunter, The Eye of the Beholder: Marion Pinto, Mandate (June 1986) 4-7.

	Fritz and Charles 1974 Oil on canvas 42.2 x 84" 9999.1215.0001

	Jack 1973 Oil on canvas 44 x 84" Gift of the artist 2002.1215.0002 (not linked to large image)

	Lovers II 1977 Pastel on paper 14 x 18" Gift of the artist 2003.1215.0003

	Male Odalisque, 1974 Oil on canvas 78" dia. Gift of the artist 2002.1215.0004

Marion Pinto (1935 -- 2010) American, Painter Born and raised in New York City and an early pioneer of the SoHo artists' district, she created one of the first images of the coming of age of SoHo when she was commissioned to paint a mural for the Ballroom restaurant depicting several SoHo art world figures. The painting is now in the Museum of the City of New York . Pinto had the first one-woman show ever mounted at the Leslie/Lohman Gallery (1975) entitled, "Man As A Sex Object." It was in that period that she painted the dual nude of Fritz Lohman and Charles Leslie which later hung in Bologna 's Museo d'Arte Moderna in the mammoth exhibition entitled, "Il Nudo." Her work can be found in collections in North America, Europe and Japan where she spent a year in a "visiting artist" program. H. Sturges, The Opposite Sex, The New Art Examiner, vol. 6, no. 10 (Summer 1979) 3-6. Man as a Sex Object, Michael 's Thing, vol. 5, no. 48 (Nov. 10, 1975) 38-41. Freeman Gunter, The Eye of the Beholder: Marion Pinto, Mandate (June 1986) 4-7.