Peppino Mangravite
Peppino Mangravite(June 28, 1896 – April 26, 1978)[1]was an Italian-American Modernist painter.[2][3][4]
Peppino Gino Mangravite was born in 1896, onLipari,an island north ofSicily,where his father, a naval officer, was stationed. As a child he began a traditional Italian art education in Carrara.[5]In 1914, at the age of eighteen, Peppino Gino Mangravite settled in New York City with his father. He had already completed six years of study at the Scuole Techiniche Belle Arti in his native Italy, where coursework included the study of anatomy and Renaissance fresco techniques. Upon arrival in New York, he enrolled atCooper Union,and by 1917 was studying underRobert Henriat theArt Students League.[5]
He receivedGuggenheim Fellowshipsin 1932 and 1935.[6]
In 1962 he exhibited his work at a two man show with Kenneth Evatt atLehigh Universityat the invitation ofProfessor Francis Quirk.[7]
Mangravite was involved in New Deal art programs. He painted murals for the Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., and for post offices in Hempstead, New York and Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the 1950s he executed a mosaic mural for the main altar at theShrine of St. Anthonyin Boston, Massachusetts.[8]
He was the Director of the Art Department atSarah Lawrence Collegeand a Professor of Painting atColumbia University.
Collections
[edit]- Corcoran Gallery of Art[9]
- Metropolitan Museum of Art[9]
- Whitney Museum of American Art[9]
- The Phillips Collection[9]
- Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts[9]
- Toledo Museum of Art[9]
- Denver Art Museum[9]
- California Palace of the Legion of Honor[9]
- Cincinnati Art Museum[9]
- Encyclopedia Britannica Collection[9]
- U.S. State Department- Art in Embassies[5]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Who was who in America.Marquis-Who's Who. 1993. p. 225.
- ^"Peppino Mangravite - Bio".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-10-09.Retrieved2021-01-05.
- ^"Biographical Note | A Finding Aid to the Peppino Mangravite papers, 1918-1982".www.aaa.si.edu.
- ^"Peppino Mangravite – U.S. Department of State".
- ^abc"Art in Embassis Peppino Mangravite".Art in Embassies.16 March 2021.
- ^"John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Peppino Mangravite".
- ^"Evatt-Mongravite Show in Art Gallery Nov. 4".Brown and White.12 October 1962.Retrieved16 March2021.
- ^"Peppino Mangravite Papers 1918-1982 Biographical Note".Archives of American Art.Retrieved17 March2021.
- ^abcdefghijk"Peppino Mangravite".David Cook Galleries.Retrieved17 March2021.
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