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Adolph T. DIODA (1915-1991)
Birth place: Aliquippa, PA
Lived in West Aliquippa, PA; Detroit, MI; Phila. & Jenkintown, PA
Profession: …
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Adolph T. DIODA (1915-1991)
Birth place: Aliquippa, PA
Lived in West Aliquippa, PA; Detroit, MI; Phila. & Jenkintown, PA
Profession: Sculptor, educator
Studied: Carnegie Inst Technol; Cleveland School of Art; Barnes Fnd., Art Student League New York, NY; also with John B Flannagan, New York.
Exhibited: WMAA, 1939-40; Carnegie Inst., 1941; AIC, 1940, 1951; Sculpture Int., Philadelphia Mus. of Art, 1940-49; AA Pittsburgh, 1941-45; Carved in Stone, Bucholtz Gallery, New York, 1945; PAFA, 1946-47 & 1968 (prize, 1947); Philadelphia A. All., 1951; Carlen Gal., Philadelphia, 1951; 2-man exh. with William Kienbusch, Carnegie Inst., 1953; 60th Ann. Exhib. Am. Paintings & Sculpture. Awards: Guggenheim Found. grant, 1945; George D. Widener Medal, Eben Demarest Scholar Fund grant, Carnegie Inst. Technology, 1948; Philadelphia A. All., 1952.
Member: Pittsburgh AA; Soc. S. Pittsburgh; Artist Equity Assn, Philadelphia chapter; Peale Club.
Work: Carnegie Mellon Museum, Pittsburgh, PA; Pennsylvania Acad. of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Philadelphia Mus. of Art; Ogonquit Mus. of Art, Maine; Westmoreland Mus Art, Greensburg, PA. Commissions: Crucifix, St. Michael School, Pittsburgh, 1949; figure, commissioned by Dahlen K. Ritchey, Pittsburgh, 1951; steel panel, Dept. of Recreation, City of Philadelphia, 1971.
Comments: Preferred media: wood. Teaching: instructor of sculpture, Tyler School, Temple Univ., 1959-1969; instr. of sculpture, Haverford College, 1962-1969; instr. wood & stone carving, Pennsylvania Acad. of Fine Arts, 1962.
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- Dimensions
- 16.5ʺW × 9.75ʺD × 20ʺH
- Styles
- Minimalist
- Art Subjects
- Geometric
- Artist
- Adolph Dioda
- Designer
- Adolph Dioda
- Period
- 1970s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Marble
- Wood
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Gray
- Condition Notes
- Good some splitting to the wood, wear to surface. Good some splitting to the wood, wear to surface. less
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