Adio diBiccari (1914 – January 1, 2009) was an American

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Career

DiBiccari was born in

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immigrants, but grew up in

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and graduated from

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in 1932. He received a full scholarship to the

School of the Museum of Fine Arts The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (Museum School, SMFA at Tufts, or SMFA; formerly the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) is the art school of Tufts University, a private research university in Boston, Massachus ...

, and studied abroad in

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, and

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while there. After returning to the

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, he married Evelyn Wilson in 1937. They lived in

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, but after

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, settled in Arlington,

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. The couple had four children: Ruth, Lynda, Eda, and Albert. Jointly with fellow East Bostonian sculptor

Arcangelo Cascieri Arcangelo "Angelo" Cascieri (February 22, 1902 – January 14, 1997)
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neighborhood of Boston. Among diBiccari's best-known works are the statue of the goddess

Athena Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of ...

atop the

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and the

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husky mascot (1962), as well as the three bronze figures of Industry, Learning, and Religion in

Parkman Plaza Parkman Plaza is a plaza in Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Description The plaza features three bronze statues of men representing Learning, Industry, and Religion, each of which are set on granite bases. ''Learning'' d ...

(1958), which he produced alongside Cascieri. He also produced sculptures for churches, including the

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a large minor Catholic basilica and national shrine in the United States in Washington, D.C., located at 400 Michigan Avenue Northeast, adjacent to Catholic University. ...

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, the

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, the

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, as well as many churches in Massachusetts, including St. Brigid's in Lexington, the Immaculate Conception Convent in Revere, and St. Ignatius Church at

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Gallery

File:Athenaeum Press statue.jpg,

at the

. File:Industry by Arcangelo Cascieri and Adio DiBiccari, front, 1958, dedicated 1961 - Parkman Plaza, Boston Common - Boston, MA - DSC05884.jpg, Industry in

. File:Learning by Arcangelo Cascieri and Adio DiBiccari, front, 1958, dedicated 1961 - Parkman Plaza, Boston Common - Boston, MA - DSC05905.jpg, Learning in Parkman Plaza. File:Religion by Arcangelo Cascieri and Adio DiBiccari, front, 1958, dedicated 1961 - Parkman Plaza, Boston Common - Boston, MA - DSC05164.jpg, Religion in Parkman Plaza.

References

External links

Boston Globe obituary
1914 births 2009 deaths American people of Italian descent 20th-century American sculptors American male sculptors People from Revere, Massachusetts People from East Boston, Boston People from Arlington, Massachusetts School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts alumni 20th-century American male artists {{US-sculptor-stub