Concetta Scaravaglione

Concetta Scaravaglione
Born(1900-07-09)July 9, 1900
New York City, US
DiedSeptember 4, 1975(1975-09-04) (aged 75)
New York City, US
Railway Mail Carrier, 1862, aluminum cast 1936, today in the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building

Concetta Maria Scaravaglione (July 9, 1900 – September 4, 1975[1]) was an American sculptor. Her parents immigrated from Calabria, Italy, and Concetta was the youngest of nine children.[2] She is known for her monumental figurative sculpture, her work for the Federal Art Project (FAP), and her teaching career.[2] In 1946 she received a grant from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 1947 was the first woman to receive the American Academy's Prix de Rome award in visual arts.

  1. ^ "Concetta Scaravaglione Is Dead; Prize-Winning Sculptor Was 75". The New York Times. September 6, 1975. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Kushner, Carol (1993). "Concetta Scaravaglione: Italian American Sculptor". Italian Americana. 11 (2): 179–191. ISSN 0096-8846. JSTOR 29776160.