Jack Faragasso (b.1929) is a New York institution as a painting instructor. He studied with and worked with Frank J. Reilly for years and is considered the foremost authority on that system of painting. Thousands of students over scores of years have received his instruction at both the Frank J. Reilly School of Art, where he later became the director, and the Art Students League. A prolific illustrator and a fine art painter, he has incorporated these teaching methods into his creative output.