Background
Cartotto, Ercole was born on January 26, 1889 in Valle Mosso, Piemonte, Italy. Son of Joseph and Tersilla (Quazza) Cartotto.
Cartotto, Ercole was born on January 26, 1889 in Valle Mosso, Piemonte, Italy. Son of Joseph and Tersilla (Quazza) Cartotto.
Came to the United States, 1905. Art education, School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1909-1916.
Instructor in drawing and artistic anatomy, School of Museum of Fine Arts, 1914-1916. Enlisted in the United States Army, 1918. Republican by portraits at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Vatican, Rome, Fine Arts Galleries, San Diego, California, Cleveland (O.) Museum of Art, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, Columbia University, New York State History Museum, Ticonderoga, New New York
Smith College Museum of Art, Amherst College, Forbes Library, Northampton, Massachusetts, Newark (New Jersey) Museum, Fordham University, Harvard University, University of Newark New Jersey, Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina., International Young Men's Christian Association College, Springfield, Massachusetts, State House, Montpelier, Vermont, State House, Trenton, New Jersey Mansion Museum Pioneer Memorial State Park, Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
Phi Gamma Delta, New York City. Jones Library, Alpha Delta Phi, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Unites states department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia. Collection of 21 drawings in all medias, Amherst College, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Painted portraits of Calvin Coolidge, Mistress Calvin Coolidge, Judge William H. Moore, Lady Isabella Howard, Doctor Edward Hitchcock, Professor John.
Member American Federal Arts, Alumni School Museum of Fine Arts, Society of Four Arts of Palm Beach. Clubs: National Arts (New York).
Married Elena Tortorella, January 26, 1922. Children: Beatrice Catherine, Joan Therese.