1. John Raimondi was born on May 1948 and is an American sculptor best known as a creator of monumental public sculpture, with works throughout the United States and several European countries.
10 Facts About John Raimondi
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The first of four sons born to Erma and Peter Raimondi, John Raimondi was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in May 1948.
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Originally intending to become a seascape painter, John Raimondi first attended Vesper George School of Art and subsequently attended the Portland School of Fine and Applied Arts in Maine.
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John Raimondi exhibited early works at Boston City Hall, Bridgewater State University, and numerous local galleries and museums.
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Since then, John Raimondi has completed more than 100 monumental sculptures for public, corporate, and private collections worldwide.
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John Raimondi had been contacted by the real estate tycoon to create versions of two of his extant sculptures as part of a percent for art mandate for property developers.
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John Raimondi had supplied Olenicoff with detailed drawings and photographs of the proposed works, which Olenicof subsequently canceled.
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In 2015, Olenicoff was ordered to pay John Raimondi $650,000, according to a Benjamin Sutton article in Hyperallergic.
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In 2010, John Raimondi was informed that sculptures that originally had been submitted to the city of Brea, California as his works were now attributed to a Chinese forger.
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John Raimondi had never authorized the creation or display of the sculptures he had discussed with Olenicoff.