biography of Don TURANO (1930)

Birth place: New York, NY

Addresses: Washington, DC

Profession: Sculptor, medalist

Studied: Sch Indust Art, with Albino Cavalido; Corcoran Sch Art, with Heinz Warneke; Skowhegan Sch Painting & Sculpture, with Ho Tovish; Rinehart Sch Sculpture, with R Puccinelli.

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1962; St Louis Mus, Mo, 1964; Univ Colo, Boulder, 1965; Audubon Ann, Nat Acad Design Galleries, 1966; Xerox Corp, rochester, NY, 1971. Awards: First prizes, Corcoran Gallery Art, 1966, Festival Relig Art, 1967 & George Washington Univ, 1968.

Member: Nat Sculpture Soc; assoc Washington Relig Art Comn.

Work: Commissions: Silver & wood mace, Am Col Physicians, Philadelphia, Pa, 1964; carved oak panels, First Presby Church, Royal Oak, Mich, 1965; limestone figures, Cathedral of St Peter & St Paul, Washington, DC, 1969; four arks (locust wood), Temple Micah, Washington, DC, 1971; silver Medallion, Univ Notre Dame, Inst, 1972.

Comments: Preferred Media: Bronze, Wood. Dealer: Downeast Gallery, Washington, DC. Teaching: Instr sculpture, George Washington Univ, 1961-65; instr sculpture, Corcoran Sch Art, 1961-65.

Sources: WW73; Falk, Exh. Record Series.