Gaetano Cecere, American sculptor, born, educated and worked in New York City. He studied with Hermon A MacNeil

Hermon Atkins MacNeil

Hermon Atkins MacNeil was an American sculptor born in Chelsea, Massachusetts.He was an instructor in industrial art at Cornell University from 1886 to 1889, and was then a pupil of Henri M. Chapu and Alexandre Falguière in Paris...

, with work in the Museum of Modern Art, NY,NY, and Gaetano, known as Guy attended the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design

Beaux-Arts Institute of Design

The Beaux-Arts Institute of Design was an art and architectural school at 304 East 44th Street in Turtle Bay, Manhattan, in New York City...

 and the National Academy of Design

National Academy of Design

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. In 1920 he won the Prix de Rome

Prix de Rome

The Prix de Rome was a scholarship for arts students, principally of painting, sculpture, and architecture. It was created, initially for painters and sculptors, in 1663 in France during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by...

 and studied in Rome American Academy, Rome, Italy for several years. During this period a "tendency to simplify forms for decorative effects was developed.". Guy has works collected by many major museums, from Classical to Contemporary, including the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

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, the "National Collection of Fine Arts" and "The Archives of American Art".

He was a member of the National Sculpture Society

National Sculpture Society

Founded in 1893, the National Sculpture Society was the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States. The purpose of the organization was to promote the welfare of American sculptors, although its founding members included several renowned architects. The founding...

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Notable works and Exhibited

• U.S. Congressional Hall and rotunda, portraits of world famous lawmakers
• U.S. famous historical monuments, bronze - larger than life statues of Explorers and military heros
• Abraham Lincoln
  Abraham Lincoln
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   Memorial "larger than life" (10" 6") bronze statue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  , War Memorial Plaza, 1934
• USPO, Great Neck, New York
  United States Post Office (Great Neck, New York)
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  , Large carved in stone American Eagle,1940
• Smithsonian Institute collection
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
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  , New York
• Whitney Museum of American Art
  Whitney Museum of American Art
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  , New York
• Norfolk Museum of Art
• Brookgreen Gardens
  Brookgreen Gardens
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  , published featured artist,1938
• National Collection of Fine Art, Smithsonian Institution
• Federal Reserve Bank
  Federal Reserve Bank
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• 1939 New York World's Fair
  1939 New York World's Fair
  The 1939–40 New York World's Fair, which covered the of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park , was the second largest American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. Many countries around the world participated in it, and over 44 million people...
  
  , two monumental statues