Artist

Thomas Lo Medico

born New York City 1904-died Tappan, NY 1985
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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
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.