About

For decades Connecticut artist Mark Maritato has brought military historical events alive on his canvases. His original paintings of epic military battles and individual soldier uniform studies reside in numerous private and institutional collections around the world. “I am very thankful to be able to combine my two passions of painting with the study of history and material culture through my work.” At a young age his love for art and history led Mr. Maritato to pursue a career as an artist. It was during his formal training in painting and illustration at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, where Mr. Maritato first began to paint subjects of the American Civil War period. Mr. Maritato’s original oil paintings are renowned among private collectors and public institutions for their high degree of quality as well as attention to detail. Every painting Mr. Maritato creates starts with months, or sometimes years of research in order to ensure that even the smallest of details are depicted with accuracy.

For more information please visit: www.maritato.com

Gallery Exhibitions and Shows:

• 2012: Green County Council of the Arts - Catskill NY - “Undaunted Valor” solo exhibition.
• 2004-2008: American Historical Art Gallery at Gettysburg, PA.
• 2003-2006: “History Meets the Arts” at Gettysburg, PA.
• 2005-2007: Gettysburg National Military Park Visitors Center & Book Store - Gettysburg, PA.
• 2005: Mountain Top Gallery at Windham, NY - Solo exhibition.

Successfully worked with government and corporate entities on multiple military historical illustration projects, including:

Museums, Institutions and parks:

• The US National Park Service Museum and Visitors Center at Valley Forge, PA.
• Monmouth Battlefield Park Museum and Visitors Center at Manalapan, NJ.
• Wayside Exhibits for the Manassas National Battlefield Park at Manassas, VA.
• Belle Grove Plantation Museum: Cedar Creek Battlefield at Middletown, VA.
• Carter House Museum - Franklin National Battlefield Park - Franklin, TN.
• The Zaddock Pratt Museum at Prattsville, NY.
• Hunterstown Historical Society at Gettysburg, PA.
• The US Army Soldier Systems Center at Natick, MA.
• The Bayside Historical Society at Fort Totten, Bayside, NY.
• The Texas Civil War Museum at Fort Worth, TX.
• Airliewood Mansion at Holly Springs, MS.
• The Lackawanna Historical Society at Scranton, PA.
• SONY - Paramount - New York, NY.
• The City Hall of Oswego, NY.

Corporate:

• Harley Davidson Inc. at Gettysburg, PA.
• Board Game Cover: The Union Divided by Gordon & Hague Inc.
• Board Game Cover: Three Battles at Manassas by Multi Man Publishing.
• Gettysburg Commemorative Gold Half-Dollars by Mystic Stamp Company.

Publications:

• Military History Monthly Magazine: October 2018, Issue 97, “Last Stand of the Maryland Four Hundred” by Robin Smith.
• Book Cover: “Texan’s at Antietam” By Joe Owen, Phillip McBride and Joe Allport.
• Book Cover: ”Texans at Gettysburg - Blood and Glory with Hood’s Texas Brigade" by Joe Owen and Randy Drais.
• Historical Novel Cover: “Lightning from the West” by Fred Melchiore
• Novel Cover: “Fire Within - Copperheads and the Civil War” by Fred Melchiore.
• “The Fellers Called him Bill” 3-Volume Book Set by P.J. Kearns.
• America’s Civil War Magazine: Various issues.
• Gettysburg Magazine: Special Publication.

Television:

• C-Span3: ”Army of the Tennessee’s Assault at Franklin" by National Park Service Ranger and Author Lee White. Franklin, TN.
• C-Span3: “The Battle of Chancellorsville 1863” by Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park Historian Frank O’Reilly. Spotsylvania, VA.
• "The Color Bearers” PBS documentary film. Philadelphia, PA.
• “American Ride” BYUtv Show: Online

Acknowledgements:

• 2019: Recognized by the Cape Cod Art Preservation Society as one of the ten great lighthouse painters for the oil painting Sandy Neck Lighthouse.
• Visit CCAPS Website here

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