Background
Pietro, Cartaino Dl Sciarrino was born on December 25, 1886 in Palmero, Italy. Son of Salvatore and Marianna (Sciarrino) Cartaino.
Pietro, Cartaino Dl Sciarrino was born on December 25, 1886 in Palmero, Italy. Son of Salvatore and Marianna (Sciarrino) Cartaino.
Studied in Rome; won scholarship in Palermo. Mainly self-taught.
Came to the United States, 1911. Honorary mention Panama P.I. Exposition, 1915. Principal works: “The Mother of the Dead”.
“Inspiration” (group). Audubon statue, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Marble fountain, Court House, Hackensack New Jersey.
(busts) John Burroughs, for American Museum Natural Hisory. Elihu Root, Hamilton College, New York, also for Pan-American Union, Washington, District of Columbia. John Muir, University of Wisconsin.
Professor Charles S. Sergeant, American Museum Natural History. Honorary William H. Taft, Peace Palace, The Hague. J. Pierpont Morgan; Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt, Mistress Vanderbilt and family of 2 children.
(group) Mistress Finley J. Shepard and the Misses Dorothy and Helen Gould. General William Booth, Memorial College, Philadelphia. Etc. Represented in Toledo Art Museum, Albright Art Galleries (Buffalo, New York), Boston Art Museum Chairman “Friends of the Young Artist” (society).
Member Society des Beaux Arts et des Lettres, Boston Art Club. Home: Pelham, New York.
Member Society des Beaux Arts et des Lettres, Boston Art Club.
Married Stella Cartaino, of Palermo, Italy, 1908.