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The Piccirilli Brothers were an Italian family of renowned marble carvers and sculptors who carved many of the most significant marble sculptures in the United States, including Daniel Chester French’s colossal Abraham Lincoln (1920) in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Furio Piccirilli (March 27, 1868 [1] – January 17, 1949) was an Italian-born American sculptor and one of the Piccirilli Brothers. [ 2 ] Piccirilli was born in Massa, Italy into a family with a long tradition of carving and sculpting.
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.
An imperfection was found in the base, requiring three more quarryings. By the end of December 1931, the assembly was completed. Finishing work followed, with the carvings on the die block by the Piccirilli Brothers under the direction of sculptor Thomas Jones. [3] [8] (The brothers also carved the Lincoln statue for the Lincoln Memorial, among ...
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A category for sculptures carved by the studio of the Piccirilli Brothers, a family of renowned marble carvers and sculptors who carved a large number of the most significant marble sculptures in the United States
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