Virgil Cantini
Sculpture, Award Winner
1919 – 2009
Who was Virgil Cantini?
Virgil David Cantini was an enamelist, sculptor and educator. He was well known for innovation with enamel and steel and received both local and national recognition for his work, including honorary awards, competitive prizes and commissions, along with a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1957. Cantini long served as a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh, where he helped to create the Department of Studio Arts. A longtime resident of the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cantini died on May 2, 2009 at the age of 90. Today, many of his large scale works are on display throughout the city of Pittsburgh.
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- Born
- Feb 28, 1919
Italy - Also known as
- Virgil D. Cantini
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Italy
- Education
- Manhattan College
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Master of Fine Arts, University of Pittsburgh
( - 1948)
- Employment
- University of Pittsburgh
- Lived in
- Italy
- Oakland
( - 2009/05/02)
- Died
- May 2, 2009
Pittsburgh
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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