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

Ayn Rand Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; , 1905March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (), was a Russian-born American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system which s ...

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Atlas Shrugged ''Atlas Shrugged'' is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. It is her longest novel, the fourth and final one published during her lifetime, and the one she considered her ''magnum opus'' in the realm of fiction writing. She described the theme of ''Atlas ...

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The Fountainhead ''The Fountainhead'' is a 1943 novel by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, her first major literary success. The novel's protagonist, Howard Roark, is an intransigent young architect who battles against conventional standards and refuses to com ...

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We the Living ''We the Living'' is the debut novel of the Russian American novelist Ayn Rand. It is a story of life in Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, post-revolutionary Russia and was Rand's first statement against communism. Rand observes in t ...

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The Virtue of Selfishness ''The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism'' is a 1964 collection of essays by the philosopher Ayn Rand and the writer Nathaniel Branden. Most of the essays originally appeared in '' The Objectivist Newsletter''. The book covers ethical ...

''. He also created The Ayn Rand Postage Stamp. In 2002, the original art for the Anniversary Editions of ''The Fountainhead'' and ''Atlas Shrugged'', which Gaetano had sold to collectors in the 1980s for roughly $5,000 each, sold at auction for $118,000.

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.

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

References

External links

Nick Gaetano's website

Nick Gaetano's Facebook page
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