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Luigi Maraffi

Luigi Maraffi (Born 1891) was active/lived in Pennsylvania / Italy.  Luigi Maraffi is known for Figure and portrait sculpture, crafts.

A sculptor in Philadelphia, Luigi Maraffi studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts* with Charles Grafly.  He exhibited work at the Academy from 1914 to 1922 and 1927 to 1929.

Memberships included the Philadelphia Sketch Club*.

The following information recalling the artist is from Thomas Gamba:
I knew Luigi Maraffi in 1959 and 1960 when he sculpted a bust of me as a 9 year old. It was sculpted in clay and cast in plaster to my exact physical dimensions, which Luigi measured with calipers. I can recall long and laborious sittings in his row home studio in South Philadelphia, somewhere around Broad and Morris Streets. I still display the bust in my home.
 
My mother's father was Thomas Benedict Ward, a Philadelphia sculptor who was commissioned to create architectural decorations for buildings such as the INA building in Philadelphia and the Hotel Hershey. The beautiful panels that adorned the old lobby in the Hershey have since been tor   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1474 characters.]  Artist bio

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