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Cantini, Virgil, 1919-2009
NationalityItalian
Biographywas an American enamelist, sculptor and educator. He was well known for innovation with enamel and steel and received both local and national recognition for his work, including honorary awards, competitive prizes and commissions, along with a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1957. Cantini long served as a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh, where he helped to create the Department of Studio Arts. In 1953, he was named one of the "Hundred Leaders of Tomorrow" by Time magazine. In 1956, the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts named Cantini the region's Artist of the Year. He was awarded the Pope Paul VI Bishop's Medal in 1964 for "outstanding contribution in the field of liturgical art", and in 1968, he was awarded the Davinci Medal by the Cultural Heritage Foundation of the Italian Sons & Daughters of America.--en.wikipedia.org. 
