biography of Ezio MARTINELLI (1913-1980)

Birth place: West Hoboken, NJ

Addresses: Atlantic City, NJ; NYC

Profession: Sculptor, painter, printmaker, lecturer

Studied: Acad. Fine Arts, Bologna, Italy, 1931; NAD, 1932-36; Barnes Found., Merion, PA, 1940.

Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1934; ACA Gal., NYC, 1939; PAFA Ann., 1940, 1947, 1958, 1964, 1968; Elgin Acad. FA, 1941 (prize); "Salon for Younger Artists," Art of This Century Gal., NYC, 1942-43; Phila Pr. Club, 1944 (prize); Newark Mus., 1943; SFAA,1942; San Diego FA Soc., 1941; Denver AM, 1941; AIC, 1941, 1947 ("Abstract and Surrealist Art in America"); Ragan Gal., Phila., 1943; Willard Gal., 1946 (solo); Corcoran Gal. biennial, 1947; "Survey of American Sculpture," Newark Mus., 1962; WMAA ; "Modern Sculptors, Their Drawings, Watercolors and Prints," Storm King AC, Mountainville, NY, 1971. Other awards: Guggenheim Found. fellowship, 1956-62; Tiffany Fndn. fellowship, 1964; NIAL award, 1966.

Member: Woodstock AA

Work: PMA; AIC; Elgin Acad. FA; WMAA; Guggenheim Mus.; Newark (NJ) Mus.; SAM; AIC; Woodstock AA. Commissions: aluminum sculpture, United Nations General Assembly Bldg., 1960.

Comments: Teaching: Sarah Lawrence Col., 1947-70s; Ford Foundation, Ringling Mus., Sarasota, FL, 1964; Am. Acad. Rome, 1964-65; Skowhegan School Painting & Sculpture, summer 1969. WW47.

Sources: WW73; G. Carandente, Dictionary of Modern Sculpture (Rome, 1957); D. Ashton, Modern American Sculpture; Woodstock AA; Falk, Exh. Record Series.