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1911 Orani, Sardinia - 1988. Known for: Modernist wood sculpture, sand casting, figure, mural.
"When Reviving a Forgotten Sculptor’s Reputation Is a Family Affair," Online, The New York Times, by Zachary Small, June 2, 2021. Some 30 years after his death, Costantino Nivola’s relatives team up... Read full biography
"When Reviving a Forgotten Sculptor’s Reputation Is a Family Affair," Online, The New York Times, by Zachary Small, June 2, 2021. Some 30 years after his death, Costantino Nivola’s relatives team up with Magazzino Italian Art to restore the mid-century artist’s legacy. COLD SPRING, N.Y. — Adrian... Read full biography
"When Reviving a Forgotten Sculptor’s Reputation Is a Family Affair," Online, The New York Times, by Zachary Small, June 2, 2021. Some 30 years after his death, Costantino Nivola’s relatives team up with Magazzino Italian Art to restore the mid-century artist’s legacy. COLD SPRING, N.Y. — Adrian Nivola remembers the long hours spent in the studio of his grandfather, Costantino Nivola, during the 1980s, watching the artist capture the warm embrace of a mother in a wood sculpture as the country... Read full biography
"When Reviving a Forgotten Sculptor’s Reputation Is a Family Affair," Online, The New York Times, by Zachary Small, June 2, 2021. Some 30 years after his death, Costantino Nivola’s relatives team up with Magazzino Italian Art to restore the mid-century artist’s legacy. COLD SPRING, N.Y. — Adrian Nivola remembers the long hours spent in the studio of his grandfather, Costantino Nivola, during the 1980s, watching the artist capture the warm embrace of a mother in a wood sculpture as the country singer Tammy Wynette crooned over the stereo. The music and the man came rushing back into focus earlier this year as he went to work on nearly two dozen previously unseen sculptures from his grandfather’s studio that were cast from wet sand into the... Read full biography
"When Reviving a Forgotten Sculptor’s Reputation Is a Family Affair," Online, The New York Times, by Zachary Small, June 2, 2021. Some 30 years after his death, Costantino Nivola’s relatives team up with Magazzino Italian Art to restore the mid-century artist’s legacy. COLD SPRING, N.Y. — Adrian Nivola remembers the long hours spent in the studio of his grandfather, Costantino Nivola, during the 1980s, watching the artist capture the warm embrace of a mother in a wood sculpture as the country singer Tammy Wynette crooned over the stereo. The music and the man came rushing back into focus earlier this year as he went to work on nearly two dozen previously unseen sculptures from his grandfather’s studio that were cast from wet sand into the shapes of animals, people and abstract natural forms. Adrian cleaned them of mold and mildew for the exhibition currently on... Read full biography
Costantino Nivola - Artist Info
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Keywords (18)
Art Method
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Clay, Earthenware Vessels
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Terracotta, Terra Cotta
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •New York School/Abstract Expressionism
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art