Cooper Union

Gian Berto Vanni

Adjunct Professor

Gian Berto Vanni has taught Color and Painting Techniques at the Cooper Union School of Art for twenty years. He was recipient of the Fullbright Fellowship in 1952, which brought him to the United States to study with Joseph Albers at Yale University.
Public Collections of Vanni’s work include: Musei Civici, Milan, Italy; West Holland Museum, Amsterdam, Holland; House of Representatives, Rome, Italy; Stadtliche Kunstverhein, Cologne, Germany;Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, Washington; Museo d”Arte delle Generazioni Italiani del ‘900 “G.Bargellini”; Pieve di Cento, Bologna, Italy 1967 Arte Contemporanea in Emilia-Romagna; Museo Civico, Bologna, Italy.

Vanni has exhibited internationally for over fifty years.

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
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