By Anne Leader

Italo-Lithuanian sculptor Antonietta Raphaël died on 5 September 1975 in Rome at age 75. Trained as a musician in London, Raphaël moved to Rome in 1924 after a brief stay in Paris. Part of the movement known as the Scuola romana, Raphaël’s work shows the influence of Fauvism and a decidedly anti-academic approach. Her career was interrupted in 1939 when she went into hiding from Fascist anti-Semitic laws. She returned to sculpture after the war, exhibiting in the Venice Biennale, the Rome Quadriennale, and other venues.

Reference: Silvia Lucchesi. “Raphael, Antonietta.” Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press..

Further reading: Raphael Antonietta. Sculture in villa by Fabrizio D’Amico

Self-portrait with Violin, 1928, Private collection.

Mafai with a Cat, 1942, Rome, private collection.

Miriam Sleeping, 1938/58, Rome, private collection.

Artist in her Studio, 1968.

Tags: 20th century, Antonietta Raphael, art history, arthistory, italian art, Italian Art Society, Italian modernism, jewish artists, lithuania, london, painting, Paris, Rome, sculpture, scuola romana, scuola romana 20th century, women artists, womenartists