Nick Gaetano Explained

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, , , 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

External links

• Nick Gaetano's website
• Nick Gaetano's Facebook page

Notes and References

1. Web site: usps.com Ayn Rand 1999 addition to the Literary Arts stamp series . 2008-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080120111156/http://www.usps.com/images/stamps/99/ayn_rand.htm . 2008-01-20 . dead .
2. Web site: Nick Gaetano/Bio. Nick Gaetano. 21 December 2012.
3. Web site: The Accidental Objectivist: Nick Gaetano. December 7, 2011. Interview Magazine.