Biografie von Alfonso IANNELLI (1888-1965)

Birth place: Andretta, Italy

Death place: Chicago, IL

Addresses: Los Angeles, CA; Park Ridge, IL

Profession: Sculptor, designer, craftsperson, lecturer, educator, painter

Studied: Newark Tech. Sch.; ASL; with William St. John Harper, George Bridgman, Gutzon Borglum.

Exhibited: AIC, 1921, 1925 (solo), 1948-52; NSS; Grand Central Gal.; Minneapolis, MN, 1926; Century of Progress Expo., Chicago, 1933. Awards: Hon. degree M.F.A., AIC, 1928; St. Gaudens prize in sculpture; IDI Cert. of Award.

Member: Cliff Dwellers; ADI; IDI (chmn. educ. committee); AEA.

Work: sculpture, Midway Gardens, Adler Planetarium, Century of Progress Expo., Prudential Bldg., Chicago; Winnebago County Court House, Oshkosh, WI; St. Francis Xavier Church, Kansas City, MO; St. Francis de Sales H.S., Chicago; St. Francis Xavier Sch., Wilmette, IL; Woodbury County Court House, Sioux City; Bronson Park Fountain, Kalamazoo, MI; Pub. Welfare Bldg., Baton Rouge, LA; H.S. and church, Racine, WI; AIC, Goodyear Bldg.

Comments: Designer of products, electrical appliances & furnishings for leading manufacturers. Position: instr., Inst. Art, Los Angeles Art Cl., 1911-13; inst. des., Chicago and Chicago Acad. FA, 1923-24; hd., des. dept., Inst. Des., AIC, 1928-30. Contributor to architectural and art magazines such as Western Architect, Exhibitors Herald World, Motion Picture Herald, The American City, Chicago Market News.

Sources: WW59; WW47; more recently, see Hughes, Artists in California, 277.