Concetta Maria Scaravaglione

Concetta Scaravaglione enrolled at the National Academy of Design in New York City when she was sixteen years old, while working at a perfume factory during the day to support herself. She became the first woman to win the prestigious Prix de Rome scholarship to study at the American Academy in Rome. She was a versatile sculptor, working with a wide variety of materials, including wood, metal, terracotta, and bronze. Her work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C.