Background
Quattrocchi, Edmondo was born on March 6, 1889 in Sulmona, Italy. Son of Nazzareno and Rita (Trippitelli) Quattrocchi.
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Edmondo Quattrocchi
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Education
Came to the United States, 1898, naturalized, 1918. Student Cooper Union, Art Students’ League, New York City, 1904-1910. Private student with Messrs.
Philip Martiny, Adolph A. Weinman, Daniel Chester French, Frederick MacMonnies.
Studied in Paris, 1924.
Career
Executed monument commemorating Battle of Marne, designed by Frederick MacMonnies (gift from American to France), Paris, 1929. Other works include Primavera, heroic statue in stone, Pelham Bay Park, New York, portrait bust in marble Wendell L. Willkie, Council Foreign Relations, portrait bust Frederick MacMonnies, New York Public Library, bronze tablet Pilot William Tailer of World War I, Clock Tower Square, Roslyn, New York, others Represented Hall of Fame, New York University, Jewish Museum.
Exhibited Salon des Artistes Francais, Paris, Bossuet Museum, France, Metropolitan Museum Art, National Academy, National Sculpture Society.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow National Sculpture Society. Member International Institute Arts and Letters, Society Legion of Honor, National Academy of Design (academician), Allied Artists American, American Artists Professional League, Metropolitan Museum Artist Holder patent on machine for execution of sculpture in stone, also for reproduction sculpture in reverse.
Connections
Married Susanne Michel, October 7, 1940.
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October 17, 1966 (aged 77)
Awards
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Decorated Chevalier Legion of Honor (France). Recipient Lindsey Morris Memorial prizes. Joel T. Hart Memorial prize Grand National Exhibition, American Artists Professional League, 1958.Decorated Chevalier Legion of Honor (France). Recipient Lindsey Morris Memorial prizes. Joel T. Hart Memorial prize Grand National Exhibition, American Artists Professional League, 1958.