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Carl Tolpo in the 1940s

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Carl Tolpo in the 1940s

Carl Tolpo moved, in 1940, to the Italian Court Building on the Near North Side of Chicago where bohemian poets, artists, designers and writers resided. The buildings main attraction was an interior courtyard surrounded by an arcade with high-end shops, an Art Gallery, studios and offices on three floors. The Le Petit Gourmet Restaurant was the main feature of the courtyard.

At this studio Carl did the paintings of...Dr Nelson M Percy - Chief of the Medical Staff Augustana Hospital Chicago IL... Dr. Jakcob Bongren –Swedish Poet and Man of Letters... The Laconga - featuring his wife Lily, A charcoal drawing of Frank O Salisbury the English painter, as well as, Prominent Doctors, Professors, Politicians of the time.

At this time he also continued his annual painting trips to the West concentrating mainly on the Yellowstone Region.