Nationality American | Name Concetta Scaravaglione | |
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Born 1900 New York Died 1975, New York, United States Education Art Students League of New York | ||
Concetta Maria Scaravaglione (New York City July 9, 1900 – New York City, September 4, 1975) was an American sculptor. She is known for her architectural sculpture as well as for works produced for the WPA.
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Biography
Scaravaglione was born in New York City in 1900 to a recently arrived Italian American family. She was the youngest of nine and because of that she was allowed to take up the unusual ambition for her family of becoming an artist. She attended free classes although she was sent home from one class because there was only one girl who wanted to attend. She worked by day and studied in the evenings at the Art Students League where she studied with Boardman Robinson and direct carving with Robert Laurent. She won the Rome Prize which funded her education at the American Academy in Rome.
She taught and developed her work, which became more abstract. She taught at New York University, Black Mountain College, Sarah Lawrence College and Vassar College. In 1949, she exhibited at the 3rd Sculpture International in Philadelphia.
Scaravaglione died in New York City. There is a sculpture of her at the Smithsonian by Eugenie Gershoy.
Selected work
Scaravaglione’s works can be found: