Attilio Piccirilli an der 636 Fith Avenue / Rockefeller Center

Attilio Piccirilli an der 636 Fith Avenue / Rockefeller Center

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Born in the province of Massa-Carrara, Italy, he was educated at the Accademia di San Luca of Rome.

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, NY, at 467 East 142nd Street. This location now houses a vacant lot. As artist in his own right, he is the author of the Maine Memorial in Columbus Park, at the entrance to Central Park. One of the groups that he created for this monument was also used for his mother’s memorial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Also in New York he created a pediment and other sculptural details for the Frick Mansion on 5th Avenue. His brother Orazio is responsible for the sculpture of the interior of that building.

Piccirilli’s 1935 Pyrex glass relief sculpture Laborata at the Palazzo d'Italia at Rockefeller Center was removed during World War Two after being deemed too fascist in style, and disappeared from storage some years afterwards.

Piccirilli is represented in the sculpture collection at Brookgreen Gardens. His work is also found in museums around the United States.

He died in New York City in 1945.