biographie de Peppino MANGRAVITE (1896-1978)

Birth place: Lipari, Italy

Death place: Westport, CT/ NYC

Addresses: NYC; West Cornwall, CT

Profession: Painter, lecturer, lithographer, writer, teacher

Studied: Scuole Techniche; Belle Arti, Italy; Cooper Union (cert., 1924, citation, 1956); ASL.

Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1921-22, 1928, 1930; Salons of Am., 1922-24; Sesqui-Centenn. Expo., Phila., 1926 (gold); Wash. WCC; Soc. of Wash. Artists, 1926-27; Soc. Indp. A.; PAFA Ann., 1929-31, 1936-54, 1962; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1930-53 (10 times); AIC, 1930-49, (prize, 1942); WMAA; TMA; CM; CI; Nebr. AA; Venice Biennale, Italy, 1938; WFNY, 1939; GGE, 1939 (purchase prize); Woodmere A. Gal., 1943; Arch. League NY, 1955 (silver medal for mosaic design); 48 solo exhibs in NYC, Wash., DC, Chicago, Colo, Calif; Frank Rehn Gal, NYC, 1970s. Awards: Guggenheim fellow, 1932 & 1935.

Member: Century Assn.; Am. Soc. PS &G; Salons of Am.

Work: NMAA; CGA; MMA; WMAA; PMG; AIC; PAFA; TMA; Denver A. Mus.; CPLH; CM; Encyclopaedia Britannica Coll.; Governor's Mansion, Virgin Islands. Commissions: WPA murals, "History of Transportation," USPO, Hempstead, NY, 1933; "Americans at Rest & Play" USPO, Atlantic City, 1935.

Comments: Immigrated to U.S. prior to 1923, settling first in NYC, and then Wash., DC in 1924. Preferred medium: acrylics. Teaching: dir. art dept., Sara Lawrence Col. Author: articles in The Arts; Progressive Education; American Magazine of Art, other magazines; "The American Painter and His Environment," 1935; "Aesthetic Freedom and the Artists' Congress," 1936; "Relation of Creative Design to an Education in the Humanities," 1952; "The Art of the War Poster--an Index to American Taste," 1957; "Dante Through Three Artists' Eyes," 1965.

Sources: WW73; Falk, Exh. Record Series; addl. info. courtesy Anthony White, Burlingame, CA, who gives year of death as 1967.