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Vergil Lo Schiavo

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Latitude
43
Longitude
12
Start Date
1909-01-01
End Date
1971-01-01

Description

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ID
tb922f

Extended Data

Birth Place
Italy
Biography
Painter, born Italy. Graduated in Arts from Sydney University. Taught at the Dattilo-Rubbo Art School in Sydney and at East Sydney Technical College. Won Sulman Prize 1945. The mural he painted for St Stephen’s Catholic Cathedral, Brisbane, behind the altar and on north-south walls of the crossing, commissioned by Archbishop Duhig during WWII, is now painted out. Duhig also commissioned a canvas of 'The Martyrdom of St Stephen’, measuring 25 feet by 12 feet six inches – 'the biggest of its kind ever undertaken in Australia’, according to the archibishop, who also said: 'The drapery and setting are really perfect and the figures seem to throb with life. I regard Mr Lo Schiavo as the most gifted artist in Australia, and I regret that his work is not much more before the public’ (Duhig letter, 17 June 1943 (Art File, Brisbane Archdiocescan Archives), cited Grice. Lo Schiavo also painted an enormous mural for the Union Building, University of Sydney. This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1999 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. c.1909
Summary
Painter, born Italy. Won Sulman Prize 1945 for the Shakespeare Mural at the University of Sydney Union. Had a work commissioned by Archbishop Duhig during WWII.
Gender
Male
Died
Sep-71
Age at death
62