Richard Henry Recchia
Richard Henry Recchia (November 20, 1885 - August 17, 1983) was an American sculptor.
Recchia was born in
Guild of Boston Artists, and a member of the National Sculpture Society and Rockport Art Association. He won the Elizabeth N. Watrous Gold Medal for Sculpture in 1944. During the same year, he sculpted the Inspiration and Aspiration medal for the Society of Medalists. He died in Rockport, Massachusetts
, where he is buried under his self-sculpted tombstone at the Beech Grove Cemetery.
Selected works
- Relief of Robert Brown, Brown University
- Curtis Guild bas relief, Curtis Guild Memorial Entrance to the Boston Common
- Baby and Frog, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina, 1923
- Mother Goose, Rockport (Massachusetts) Carnegie Library, 1938
- Inspiration - Aspiration, medal, 1944
- Young Pan Playing a Flute, 1956
References
- National Academy article
- Medallic Art Collector article
- Smithsonian Institution
- CowHampshire blog article
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