biography of Albino MANCA (1898-1976)

Birth place: Tertenia, Italy

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Sculptor, medalist, craftsperson, teacher

Studied: Acad. Fine Arts, Rome, with Ferrari & Zanelli.

Exhibited: Acad. FA, Rome, 1926 (prize); Roman Exh., 1928 (prize); WFNY, 1939; Rome, Italy, 1937 (prize); Montclair A. Mus., 1941 (prize); AAPL, 1941 (prize); All.A.Am., 1943 (prize); Newark Mus., 1941; MMA, 1942; Italian Salon, Rockefeller Center, NY, 1940 (solo); PAFA Ann., 1952, 1964. Awards: Ellin P. Speyer Prize for Lady Gazelle, 1964 & Mahonry Young Mem. Prize, 1966, NAD; winner competition for Hodgkins Medal, Smithsonian Inst., 1965

Member: NAD; fel., Nat. Sculpture Soc.; AAPL; All. A. Am.

Work: Mod. A. Gal., Littoria, Italy; Rocca delle Comminate, Italy; mon., Cagliari, Sardinia; USPO, Lyons, Ga. Commissions: Pieta Medallion in gold, off. medal Vatican Pavillion, WFNY, 1964-65; Pope Paul VI Peace medallion in gold, Treasury of St. Peter, The Vatican, 1965; The Diving Eagle, 2nd World War E. Coast Mem., Battery Park, NYC; The Gate of Life, entrance gate, Queens Zoo, NYC, 1968; Robert Moses Bronze Medallion, Fordham Univ., 1970.

Comments: Teaching: prof., Acad. Fine Arts, Rome.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.