biography of Clare FONTANINI (?-1984)

Birth place: Rutland, VT

Addresses: Washington, DC

Profession: Educator, sculptor

Studied: College St. Catherine, A.B.; Columbia Univ., with Josef Albers & Oronzio Maldarelli, M.A.

Exhibited: Mint Mus. Art, Charlotte, NC; Walker Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; Virginia MFA, Richmond; CGA; Nat. Collection Fine Arts, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, DC. Awards: first prize medal for sculpture, Nat. Christian Arts Festival, Univ. Wisconsin, 1955; Frank E. Jellef award for sculpture, Washington, DC, 1957; first prize for sculpture, CGA Ann. Area Show, 1959.

Member: Artists Equity Assn.; Soc. Washington Artists (secretary, 1943-45; vice-pres., 1947).

Work: Lamentations of Jerimiah (marble), Barnett-Aden Gallery, Washington, DC; Seat of Wisdom (walnut), College St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN; Copper Crucifix, Trinity College Library, Washington, DC. Commissions: Assumption (stone), St. Mary's Church, Winnsboro, LA, 1952; Stations of the Cross, private chapel, Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle, Washington, DC, 1957; St. John Evangelist (aluminum), church in McLean, VA, 1959; St. Michael Archangel (aluminum), church in Annandale, VA, 1960; Rood Figures (walnut), All Saints Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase, MD, 1966.

Comments: Preferred media: stone, wood, metals. Positions: pres., Washington Sculptor's Group, 1950; pres., Washington Artists Guild, 1955. Teaching: design instructor, Phillips Mem. Gallery, Am. Univ., Washington, DC, 1946-47; asst. professor sculpture, Catholic Univ. Am., 1947-58, professor sculpture, 1958-, head dept. art, 1947-68.