Peter Agostini (February 13, 1913
Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
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– March 27, 1993) was an American sculptor.
Life
Agostini studied at the
Leonardo da Vinci Art School
The Leonardo da Vinci Art School (the "Leonardo") was an art school founded in New York City (1923–1942), whose most famous student was Isamu Noguchi and whose director was sculptor and poet Onorio Ruotolo.
History
First decade
With sculptor ...
in 1935 and 1936. He taught sculpture and painting at the
New York Studio School
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,
Columbia University
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, the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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, and the
Parsons School of Design
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.
His works are in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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, the
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is an art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), ...
, the
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
, the
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue on the corner of East 89th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is the permanent home of a continuously exp ...
, the
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., the United States. The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It was des ...
and the
Walker Art Center
The Walker Art Center is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is one of the most-visited modern and contemporary art museums in the United States and, t ...
. His work has been exhibited in a number of galleries, including the
Anita Shapolsky Gallery
The Anita Shapolsky Gallery is an art gallery that was founded in 1982 by Anita Shapolsky. It is currently located at 152 East 65th Street, on Manhattan's Upper East Side, in New York City.
The gallery specializes in 1950s and 1960s abstract e ...
, Olaf Clasen Gallery, and Salander O’Reilly Galleries, in New York City.
Watercolorist
Ellen Murray studied with Agostini.
Peter Agostini is the father of actress Diana Agostini (The Godfather: Part III (1990), The Irishman (2019)).
References
External links
"Oral history interview with Peter Agostini, 1968" ''Archives of American Art''
''The Artist Profiles Project'', January 31, 2010
*http://www.artnet.com/artists/peter-agostini/past-auction-results
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110707144735/http://www.anitashapolskygallery.com/agostini.html
*http://artcritical.com/2006/06/01/peter-agostini/
1913 births
People from Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
1993 deaths
Artists from New York City
Columbia University faculty
University of North Carolina at Greensboro faculty
Parsons School of Design faculty
20th-century American sculptors
20th-century American male artists
American male sculptors
Sculptors from New York (state)
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