Mark Maritato

Connecticut artist Mark Maritato has been known for many years as a painter of historical military subjects. His large oil paintings and prints of military battles now grace many private and institutional collections around the world.

"I am very thankful to be able to marry my two passions, fine art painting with the study of history and material culture through my artwork."

For decades, Mr. Maritato has brought historical events alive on his canvases. It was his love for art and history that has led Mr. Maritato to pursue a career in fine art. Mr. Maritato formally studied painting and Illustration at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn New York. It was while a student at Pratt that Mr. Maritato first began to paint Civil War historical subjects.

Mark Maritato's paintings are renowned among private collectors and public institutions for their high degree of historical accuracy and attention to even the smallest detail. Every painting Mr. Maritato creates starts with many months and sometimes years of research in order to ensure that the historical details are highly accurate. All of Mr. Maritato's artworks are created using only the highest quality archival fine art materials. Mr. Maritato's academic training comes through i...

Pratt Institute - Brooklyn NY
BFA Art and Design Education

Publications and Exhibitions:

Official Artist of the Valley Forge National Historical Site.

In 2019, Mr. Maritato was commissioned to paint a series of artworks for the National Park Service site at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The artworks were commissioned as a part of an improvement plan to renovate the park's main Visitors Center and museum which is set to open in the fall of 2021. The artworks shown here were all specifically painted for this project over a period of nearly two years.

Gallery Exhibitions and Shows:
• 2012 - Green County Council of the Arts - Catskill NY - "Undaunted Valor"
Solo Exhibition of Civil War Original Artworks
• 2004-2008 - American Historical Art Gallery - Gettysburg Pennsylvania -
Various Shows and Appearances
• 2003-2006 - "History Meets the Arts" - Gettysburg Pennsylvania
• 2005-2007 - Gettysburg National Military Park Visitors Center & Book Store -
Gettysburg Pennsylvania
• 2005 - Mountain Top Gallery - Windham NY - Solo Exhibition of Civil War Original Artwork
• 1998-2000 - The Farnsworth House Gallery - Gettysburg Pennsylvania

Publications and Shows:
• Texans at Gettysburg - Blood and Glory with Hood's Texas Brigade by Joe Owen and Randy Drais
• C-Span - "The Battle of Cha...