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Thomas Lo Medico

born New York City 1904-died Tappan, NY 1985

Media - J0119864_1b.jpg - 89829 — Thomas Lo Medico, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0119864

Also known as: Thomas G. Lo Medico
Thomas Gaetano Lo Medico
Born: New York, New York, United States
Died: Tappan, New York, United States
Nationalities: American

Biography: Thomas Lo Medico studied at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York. During the Depression, he was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration to create sculptures for post offices in Wilmington, North Carolina, and Crooksville, Ohio. He also created a sculpture for the façade of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Building in New York.