What is Oronzio Maldarelli?
'''Oronzio Maldarelli''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] born [[United States|American]] [[Sculpture|sculptor]] and [[artist]]. He was born in [[1892]]. He came to the [[United States]] from [[Naples]], [[Italy]] as a child. He died in [[1963]] at the age of 71. At age fourteen, he took lessons in [[draw]]ing and [[clay]] [[Scale model|model]]ing. After two years, he started to study at the [[National Academy of Design]] with [[Leon Kroll]], [[Ivan Olinsky]], and [[Hermon McNeil]]. In 1912, he entered the [[Beaux-Arts Institute]]. It was there that [[Jo Davidson]] and [[Elie Nadelman]] helped him out. He was a great [[artist]] at everything. In 1935, he started doing mostly just [[sculpture]]. Maldarelli is best known for sculptures of [[female]] forms that have great [[detail]]. Some of them took as long as 13 years. In [[1941]], Maldarelli won the [[Logan Prize]] ($500) for a detailed sculpture of a limestone head. He was a [[teacher]] at [[Columbia University]] for many years, teaching the art of sculpting. {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Maldarelli, Oronzio}} [[Category:1892 births]] [[Category:1963 deaths]] [[Category:American artists]] [[Category:Artists from Naples]]