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Nick Gaetano

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Nick Gaetano is an artist, known for creating the 25th Anniversary Edition cover art for works such as 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

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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

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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

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  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. ^ a b "Nick Gaetano/Bio". Nick Gaetano. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  3. ^ "The Accidental Objectivist: Nick Gaetano". Interview Magazine. December 7, 2011.
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