
Alfeo Faggi Collection
<p>Sculptor, lecturer, and author, Alfeo Faggi was born in Italy and began his formal studies in Florence. He immigrated to the United States in 1913 and settled in Chicago, where he attracted portrait commissions from a number of prominent Chicago women. He exhibited his painting and sculpture in Chicago and New York throughout the 1920s. Faggi moved to Woodstock, New York, in 1926, where he lived until his death in 1966. The collection includes correspondence between Faggi and Walter Brewster, exhibition catalogues, articles, and photographs of Faggi’s work.</p> <p><a href="http://digital-libraries.artic.edu/cdm/search/collection/findingaids/searchterm/Faggi,%20Alfeo,%20Collection/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/1">View finding aid.</a></p> <p>Collection access:<br>Collections may be accessed in the Franke Reading Room of the Research Center at The Art Institute of Chicago, by appointment only. For further information, consult <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/contact-usage-and-faq">the FAQ</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/finding-aids">Finding aids by subject</a><br><a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/findingaids">Browse all finding aids</a><br><a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/mqc">Browse images and media</a><br><a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/oral-histories">Oral histories</a></p> <p>Contact the Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives:<br>archives@artic.edu</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1914
- Dimensions
- 1 box and 1 portfolio: W.: 7.7 cm (3 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Alfeo Faggi
Artist

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Alfeo Faggi was an American sculptor born in Italy in 1885, known for working in stone and bronze with a figurative sensibility rooted in classical tradition. Active throughout the twentieth century, he produced portrait busts, monumental works, and smaller carved pieces that maintained allegiance to representational form during periods of significant stylistic flux.
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Record
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- Alfeo Faggi
- Year
- 1914
- Dimensions
- 1 box and 1 portfolio: W.: 7.7 cm (3 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1914-017822
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





