Peppino Mangravite

Peppino Mangravite (1896 – 1978) was an Italian-American Modernist painter.[1][2][3]

"Arrival of British dirigible R.34 with the first air mail in 1919"; Peppino Mangravite, 1937

He received Guggenheim Fellowships in 1932 and 1935.[4]

Mangravite was involved in New Deal art programs. He painted murals for the Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., and for post offices in Hempstead, New York and Atlantic City, New Jersey.

He was the Director of the Art Department at Sarah Lawrence College and a Professor of Painting at Columbia University.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2021-01-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Biographical Note | A Finding Aid to the Peppino Mangravite papers, 1918-1982". www.aaa.si.edu.
  3. "Peppino Mangravite – U.S. Department of State".
  4. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Peppino Mangravite".
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