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Founded in 1893, the National Sculpture Society (NSS) was the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States. The purpose of the organization was to promote the welfare of American sculptors, although its founding members included several renowned architects .
USS Maine National Monument, Central Park, NYC, Atillio Piccirilli, sculptor. In 1888, Giuseppe Piccirilli (1844–1910), [1] a well-known stone carver in Massa and a veteran of Garibaldi's Unification war, brought his family to New York City.
Maine Memorial, NYC, 1913 Wisconsin State Capitol Allegorical figures at the Firemen's Memorial, 1913. Piccirilli came to the United States in 1888 and worked for his father and then with the Piccirilli Brothers as a sculptor, modeler, and stone carver at their studio in the Bronx, New York City, at 467 East 142nd Street.
1958 - elected Fellow of the National Sculpture Society; 1961 - elected first Vice-President, New York Chapter of the Artists Equity Association; 1969 - awarded the Therese and Edwin H. Richard Prize for Dream, pink Tennessee marble, by the National Sculpture Society. Elected to Chair at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City.
He was a founder and president of the National Sculpture Society (1893–1905), president of the National Academy of Design (1874), and a member of the Fine Arts Federation, the Architectural League, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The American Institute of Architects, the National Arts Club ...
Howard co-wrote a book called The Art Of Life with his novelist wife Traci L. Slatton. [ 15 ] As part of a team put together by a young architect, Joseph Weishaar, Sabin was selected to create the sculpture at the National World War I Memorial in Washington D.C. [ 16 ] He sculpted the National WWI Memorial, a 60 foot long bronze relief ...
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The National Sculpture Society was outraged, and protested the award strongly to the society and the press. [8] Several newspapers also protested the award. The New York Times called the decision "one of the most discreditable events ever in the annals of the public art of the United States". [11]