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American artist
Gaetano Cecere
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American artist
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Male
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Death
1985 (aged 90 years)
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90 years
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Notable Works
Statue of Abraham Lincoln
Awards
Rome Prize
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Biography
Gaetano Cecere, (November 26, 1894 – 1985) American sculptor, born, educated and worked in New York City.He studied with Hermon A MacNeil, with work in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and Gaetano, known as Guy attended the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and the National Academy of Design.In 1920 he won the Prix de Rome and studied at the American Academy in Rome for several years. During this period a "tendency to simplify forms for decorative effects was developed.". Cecere has works collected by many major museums, from Classical to Contemporary, including the Smithsonian Institution, the "National Collection of Fine Arts" and the Archives of American Art".
He was a member of the National Sculpture Society.
Selected works
- Eighth issue of the Society of Medalists No Easy Way from Earth to Stars, 1933.
- Abraham Lincoln Memorial "larger than life" (10" 6") bronze statue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, War Memorial Plaza, 1934
- 1939 New York World's Fair,two monumental statues representing American Manhood and American Womanhood1939
- USPO, Great Neck, New York, Large carved in stone American Eagle,1940
- U.S. Capitol, United States House of Representatives Chambers and rotunda, bas relief portraits of famous lawmakers Alphonso X, "the Wise", George Mason, Simon de Montfort and Justinian, 1949-50
- Smithsonian Institution collection
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- Norfolk Museum of Art
- Brookgreen Gardens, published featured artist,1938
- National Collection of Fine Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Former Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Jacksonville Branch entryway reliefs
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1894 births
1894 births
1985 deaths
1985 deaths
20th-century American sculptors
20th-century American sculptors
20th-century male artists
20th-century male artists
American male sculptors
American male sculptors
Artists from New York City
Artists from New York City
Beaux-Arts Institute of Design (New York City) alumni
Beaux-Arts Institute of Design (New York City) alumni
Federal Art Project artists
Federal Art Project artists
National Sculpture Society members
National Sculpture Society members
Sculptors from New York (state)
Sculptors from New York (state)
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