John Paul D’Antonio, 68, died on August 27, 2022 peacefully surrounded by his family in Doylestown Pennsylvania from cancer. 

 

A native to the Princeton area he attended Chapin School, The Hun School of Princeton class of 1970 and Lehigh Unveristy class of 1976. He also attend the Art Student league of New York and Rhode Island School of Design. 

 

After graduating Lehigh University where he majored in Art History, D’Antonio attended the Art Students League of New York, studying under Xavier Gonzales, who was a leading instructor known as much for his large murals as for mentoring students like Jackson Pollack and Leroy Neiman.

 

John D’Antonio was an accomplished artist who’s work represented a realstic interpretation of sea scapes and landscapes. His art and philosophy have been shaped by influences as diverse as Academicism and the Photorealist painters of the 1970s. His work has been represented by a number of galleries world wide. 

 

John Paul D’Antonio is considered by some in the art world to be a leading representational artist in America today. His paintings reveal a remarkable eye for the telling detail united with a facility for composition, color, and light. The precision and clarity of his diverse scapes lend immediacy and impact to his paintings while capturing the energy and mystery of his subjects.
 
 

John also held a very accomplished career as global head consultant in the Life Science industry building multimillion dollar pipelines from the ground up. He worked for numerous fortune 500 companies in the metropolitan area throughout his life. John had many passions such as squash, hunting and fishing in the great outdoors he has passed down onto his children that will carry on his legacy for many years to come.  

 

John is survived by his sister Ann D’Antonio and his four children John D’Antonio his wife Pam and their two children Penelope and George of Sparta New Jersey, Natalie Bryenton her husband Alex Bryenton, their two children Mackenzie and Ryder of Asheville North Carolina, Peter D’Antonio his wife Amanda and their two children Michael and Peter of Missoula Montana, Blake D’Antonio his mother Rebecca and Scott Smith of Doylestown Pennsylvania. John is also survived by his three stepchildren Tabitha Rutkowski, Nina Rutkowski and Phoebe Rutkowski of Doylestown Pennsylvania. John is proceeded in death by his mother Yolanda and father Mario D'Antonio. 

John’s family would like to give their utmost appreciation to the Vitas Hospice team along with Rebecca and Scott Smith who opened their home to care for John through this difficult process. 

Family will receive relatives and friends on Friday, September 2, 2022 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm at Our Lady of Czestochowa Cemetery, 654 Ferry Road, Doylestown, PA, (travel through the cemetery gates to the end of the road, the Red Chapel is on the left).  Followed by John’s Mass of Christian Burial at 1:00pm.  

In lieu of flowers donations can be made in memory of John P. D’Antonio to the American Cancer Society.   Arrangements by Donahue Funeral Home, 215-348-9421.