Nick Gaetano

Nick Gaetano is an artist, known for creating the 25th Anniversary Edition cover art for the works of Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Anthem, We the Living, Philosophy: Who Needs It, Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal, For the New Intellectual, The Early Ayn Rand, The Romantic Manifesto, and The Virtue of Selfishness. He also created The Ayn Rand Postage Stamp.[1] In 2002, the original art for the Anniversary Editions of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged sold at auction for $118,000 (According to Gaetano he never got a penny for it).

Biography

Nick Gaetano was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He attended the Art Center College of Design where he received his education. He currently resides in Laguna Beach, California.[2][3]

Awards

Nick Gaetano received the following awards:

  • Fellowship/ New Jersey State Council of the Arts
  • Juror's Award/ American Annual Works on Paper/ Jane Livingston
  • Juror's Award/ Expo 2003/ Dallas TX/ Vincent Falsetta
  • Juror's Award / TVAA / Dallas TX - Nancy Whitenack
  • Juror's Award / Best of Show /Rockwell Artists League / Ted Pillsbury[2]

References
  1. "usps.com Ayn Rand 1999 addition to the Literary Arts stamp series". Archived from the original on 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  2. "Nick Gaetano/Bio". Nick Gaetano. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  3. "The Accidental Objectivist: Nick Gaetano". Interview Magazine. December 7, 2011.


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