Concetta Scaravaglione

Concetta Scaravaglione
Born	1900 New York
Died	1975 New York
Nationality	American

Concetta Maria Scaravaglione (1900 – 1975) was an American sculptor.

Biography

Scaravaglione was born in New York 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.^[1] She worked by day and studied in the evenings at the Art Students League. She won the Rome Prize which funded her education at the American Academy in Italy.^[2]

She taught and developed her work which became more abstract. She taught at the New York University, Black Mountain College, Sarah Lawrence College and Vassar College.^[2]

Scaravaglione died in New York. There is a sculpure of her at the Smithsonian by Eugenie Gershoy.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Italian American Woman Artists p.4 from American Artists of Italian Heritage, 1776–1945, A Biographical Dictionary, Fairleigh Dickinson Press, 1993, Regina Soria).". Baltimore's Literary News. Sept - Oct 2001. http://www.interactivemis.com/pkinlock/pdf/sepoct01.pdf. Retrieved 26 October 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Concetta Scaravaglione". Smithsonian. http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=8946. Retrieved 26 October 2010. 

Persondata
Name	Scaravaglione, Concetta Maria
Alternative names
Short description	Sculptor
Date of birth	1900
Place of birth	New York
Date of death	1975
Place of death	New York