Gonippo Raggi


Title

Gonippo Raggi

Subject

Description

Raggi studied at the Art Institute of St. Michele in Rome and came to the Unites States in 1904 at the invitation of Papal Marguis Martin Maloney to supervise the decoration of the St. Catherine's Memorial Church in Spring Lake, New Jersey.

Several of the buildings containing Raggi's murals have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. All of Raggi's paintings done before 1915 were cataloged by the Smithsonian Institution. Other work by Raggi is cataloged by the Boston Public Library, Department of Fine Arts.

Birth Date

1875

Birthplace

Rome, Italy

Death Date

1959

Occupation

Painter, Artist

Bibliography

Regan, Brian. Gothic Pride : The Story of Building a Great Cathedral in Newark. Rutgers University Press, 2012.

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