YEAR COMMERCIAL WORK/ AD CAMPAIGNS/ DEPT. STORES/ MAGAZINES

LOCATIONS

EVENTS, TURNING POINTS, UN- COMMISSIONED WORK,    BOOKS PEOPLE, MENTORS, MODELS, FRIENDS EDUCATION/ TEACHING INFLUENTIAL ART MOVEMENTS INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS
Late 1950s   Bronx (Lopez)     High School of Art and Design (Antonio) Impressionism

Claude Monet

Edgar Degas

1960   Harlem (Ramos)     Seward High School (Juan)   Tom Wesselman Andy Warhol

 

1962

Women's Wear Daily, Bazaar, Vogue, Elle W. 13th St.

Lopez and Ramos collect Tiffany, Majorelle, and Art Nouveau

Susan Baraz, Ana Ishikawa Antonio and Juan at Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) Pop Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana
1963 Brides, New York Times, Coty Fashion Design Awards, Bonwit Teller, Saks 5th Ave.     Walter Chrysler, Ingeborg Marcus   Psychedelic, OP

San Francisco filmore  poster artists.

Bridget Riley

1964-68

Chicago Tribune, Carson, Pirie,   Scott, Celanese, Enka, Allied Chem, Kate Greenaway

 

Carnegie Hall Studios

Design jewelry, shoes, and clothing

Bill Cunningham, Eleanor Nangle, Cathee Dahman, Peter Castellano   Early Modern Francisco de Goya, Ingres, Delacroix, Edgar Degas, Francis Bacon, Fernand Leger
Late 1960s Hudson Stockings, Japanese Editorial  

Max's Kansas City, Electric Circus

Design personal custom-made clothing

Andy Warhol, Charles James, Corey Tippin, Donna Mitchell, Jay and Jed Johnson   EuroPop, shadow boxes

Peter Blake, Peter Phillips,

Lucio del Pezzo

1969

1971

1970

Marie Claire, Elle, Vogue (English, French, Italian), 20 Ans, Depeche Mode, Match, Frank & Fils, Galleries Lafayette

Lopez and Ramos move to Paris: Avenue de Versailles, Rue Bonaparte 134 Blvd. St. Germain, 64 Rue de Rennes

Design suits Donna Jordan, Jane Forth, Charles Manzo/Nao Oishi First works acquired by an Institution (Chicago Historical Society) Pop,            New Realism, British comics, contemporary European collage  Chuck Close, Jacques Monory, Robert Cottingham, Audrey Flack, Ralph Goings, Richard Estes, Don Eddy, Velikovik, Oyvind, Falstrom, Richard Lindner

1973

 

 

  Chelsea Hotel Dandies in Paris, Cafe´ Flore, La Coupole, Club 7, Dancing All Night, Antonio begins taking instamatic photographs Karl Lagerfeld, Pat Cleveland, Paloma Picasso, Tina Chow, Jessica Lange, Grace Jones, Patti d'Arbanville, Eija, Amina   Contemporary British, Futurism

David Hockney, Allen Jones, Eduardo Paolozzi

Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla

1974

1975

 

Valentino, Esquire Story, Saks Fifth Ave., Bloomingdale's, N.Y. Times, Bicentennial Campaign, Oui, Viva, Blueboy, Photo, French Vogue, GQ, Mandate, Latin N.Y., Ahora, New York Move to N.Y. 876 Broadway 23rd Street, St. Tropez, London, Puerto Rico, Tokyo, Milan, Paris, Dusseldorf, Interview: Paris issue, Puerto Rico issue, motorcycle drawings: GQ (Antonio on cover) Interview, Jerry & Antonio's 'Wedding' English Vogue, Photos in Broadway studio, LaForet Campaigns:  Clothing designs:  Shoe Sculptures Nancy North, Coraly Betancourt, Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, Jerry Hall, Jean Paul Goude, David Hockney, Roxanne Lowitt, Silvano Malta, Suzi Wyss, Chandrika, Bernard Lennon, Jody Pavlis, Jane Thorvaldson, David Wolfson, Mike Thiele, Bob Starr

Lectures begin:

Live demos of drawings, slide show of work and lifestyle: FIT, Parsons, Puerto Rico

Work with Alvin Ailey Dancers and Jay Jenkins

American Modernism

Film Noir

Bauhaus, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pre-Raphaelites

Edward Hopper, Steven Spielberg, Oskar Schlemmer, Salvador Dali´, Franz Kline, Edward Burne-Jones

1977

1978

1979

 

Nihon, Vogue, Bloomingdale's, Sportsgirl, (Australian, American Vogue, People, French, German Vogue)

Japan, 31 Union Square West, Australia

Hong Kong, Hawaii

Fiorucci, Studio 54: Steve & Ian, Photo Series: Ribbons, Candy-Bar Girls,   Antonio's Boys.

Gabriella Forte collaborations: Armani, IT Vogue with Bruce Weber.

Manuel Puig, Joey Arias, Don Hall, Matthew Olszak, Scott Daley, Victor Fernandez, Nina Gaidarova, Rita Telon, John Stavros, Mike Morino, Randy Strong, Michael Schoefling, Tookie Smith, Vicki Cole, Lisa Anllo, Janet Daley educational lecture tour to Japan, FIT 'Horse-Tail' lectures

Cut outs

Classical

Henri Matisse, Giambattista Tiepolo

1980 1981

1983

1985

1985-1986

1987

 

 

After Dark, Missoni, Armani, Versace, Atlantic Monthly, Coty Fashion Design Awards(CFDA), Nordstrom, Chicago Apparel Mart, Oscar de la Renta

Hispanic Designers Inc.

 Milan, Australia Tour: 5 cities, Puerto Rico, 22nd St, Japan, Germany, Guadalajara, Los Angeles

 

Portrait Commissions, Photo Cocktail Party, 'Antonio's Girls' Book, 'Portfolio' Movie, 'Vanity' Magazine, '1001 Nights' Book, Personal Portraits, Galerie Bartsch & Chariau, Robert Berman Gallery

Karen Swindell, Nancy Lucas, Leslie Lopez, Bonnie Berman, Maureen Goss, Iman, Kelly Lebrock, Anna Piaggi, Richard Martin, Fernando Feliciano Martinez, David Duchovny, Jason Beghe

Awarded Honorary Degrees FIT Hands-on teaching: drawing, pottery, textile, - printmaking seminars

Smithsonian Intitution, Art Center College of Design, Marywood Art Center, Frye Art Museum

Kent State, Altos de Chavon, Tokyo etc.

Traditional illustration Neo-Neo- Classicism

Neo- Expressionism

Male eroticism

Neo Surrealism

American Modern

J.C. Leyendecker, Rene Gruau,  

Pablo Picasso

Egon Schiele

Julian Schnabel

Francesco Clemente

David Salle

Covarrubias

Tom of Finland

Paul Cadmus

Reginald Marsh

Ingres

 

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