Name/Title
Lo Pinto, Ferdinand (1906-1980) "Seascape"Entry/Object ID
2025.900.FA18200Tags
Oil PaintingDescription
It’s not impossible to render Lo Pinto’s scene in everyday terms: moored in a marina are several boats, two of them accessed by floating docks upon which a group of children are passing time dreamily. To describe it in such terms, however, would ignore the painting’s many surreal, even mystical elements. Why are some boats in full sail? Why do chains of rowboats—one in the foreground and four more in the distance—create angles in relation to the gangways? Do the colors here have any existence in the waking world?Collection
Mt. Morris TB Hospital FAP CollectionMade/Created
Artist
Lo Pinto, FerdinandDate made
1935 - 1940Condition
Overall Condition
PoorDate Examined
Jul 27, 2025Notes
6+ upper right and left corners/all of pyramids/horizon lower left middle bottom, 25+ chips lower right and left/corners upper right corner/upper middle left/lower left bottom, 7 scratches lower right and left corners/along left sideRecommendations
chipped paint, chipped frameProvenance
Provenance Detail
Created under the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project (1930s–1940s), this collection of easel paintings was originally installed at the Mount Morris Tuberculosis Sanitorium in Livingston County, New York. Following the sanitorium’s closure in 1970, the artworks were abandoned and remained in storage until their rediscovery decades later. Now preserved and exhibited by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts (GVCA), the collection is housed at the New Deal Museum in Mount Morris. Current efforts include digitization, high-resolution photography, and the creation of an online archive to ensure long-term public access and research availability.General Notes
Note Type
Cataloging NoteNote
See the entry titled 'New Deal Collection Documents' for supporting documents, and general historic and research information.
