1. Concetta Maria Scaravaglione was an American sculptor.
15 Facts About Concetta Scaravaglione
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Concetta Scaravaglione's parents immigrated from Calabria, Italy, and Concetta was the youngest of nine children.
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Concetta Scaravaglione is known for her monumental figurative sculpture, her work for the Federal Art Project, and her teaching career.
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Concetta Scaravaglione then went to work at a lampshade and a perfume factory to save up, until she was awarded a scholarship to attend the Art Students League.
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Concetta Scaravaglione then spent the summer of 1928 in Oyster Bay, Long Island because she received the Lewis Comfort Tiffany grant.
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Sometime after returning to New York City from the Tiffany estate, Concetta Scaravaglione began her teaching career at New York University.
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Concetta Scaravaglione briefly took a trip to Rome and explored other parts of Europe before returning to the United States.
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Concetta Scaravaglione expanded her teaching career by including assignments at Black Mountain College and Sarah Lawrence College.
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Concetta Scaravaglione took another break from teaching, to focus on her artwork.
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Concetta Scaravaglione eventually returned to teaching in 1952 at Vassar College.
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In 1937, Concetta Scaravaglione joined the Architect, Painters, and Sculptors Collaborative.
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Concetta Scaravaglione had entered her sculpture "Girl with Gazelle" in the show, which received recognition on the covers of both Newsweek and Art Digest.
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In 1947, Concetta Scaravaglione won the Prix de Rome award from the American Academy in Rome, which made her the first woman to ever be awarded that honor.
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Concetta Scaravaglione continued to sculpt and carve, and when she "found carving too confining for her total artistic expression," she began exploring the technique of welding metal to construct her figures.
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Concetta Scaravaglione died in 1975 in New York City after a long bout with cancer.