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 " In The Schwarzwald - 1991" 
  photo by Marie Grossi

Emilio Grossi was born in Cranston, Rhode Island and served in the U.S. Navy on
submarines in the South Pacific during World War II and the Korean War. After earning a
B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design and an M.F.A. from Yale University he taught at
the Cleveland Institute of Art where he founded the Department of Photography.

Returning to New York, he was employed as a graphic designer with the firm of I.M.Pei &
Associates as well as being a visiting critic at the University of Pennsylvania and an Adjunct Professor at The Cooper Union. Some of his design assignments included clients such as General Electric, Sperry Rand, TWA and Standard Brands. He was chosen to design
a post card for the U.S. Postal Service commemorating 150 years of the U.S. Census. He
became Art Director for Metromedia Television and subsequently Senior Art Director for
Fox Television New York.

His photography shows include one man shows at the Cleveland Institute of Art, The
University of Texas, the Mansfield Ohio Museum, the Providence Public Library and
numerous group shows. His work was selected by Edward Steichen for the Museum of
Modern Art and he was also represented at George Eastman House, Rochester, N.Y. The U.S.
Information Agency selected his photographs of James Brown at the Apollo for viewing in
various European capitals.

His work in Photography and Painting can be characterized as minimalist and shows strong
influence of his teachers Josef Albers, Herbert Matter, Paul Rand, and Norman Ives. He has
specialized in black and white photography with a heavy emphasis on large format cameras.
He has attributed his dual disciplines, painting and photography, to the influence of Charles
Sheeler who mastered both in his remarkable career