Luella A. Varney Serrao (1865–1935) was an American sculptor. She was known for her portraits of notable Americans.
Luella A. Varney Serrao | |
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Born | Luella A. Varney August 11, 1865 Angola, New York |
Died | 1935 (aged 69–70) |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Sculpture |
Spouse | Teodoro Serrao
(m. 1889; died 1907) |
Serrao née Varney was born on August 11, 1865, in Angola, New York.[1] She moved to Cleveland as a young girl, where she studied at the Cleveland School of Art.[2] After high school she moved to Rome, Italy where she earned a degree from the University of Rome. In Rome she met Teodoro Serrao whom she married in 1889.[3] They lived in Rome. Upon his death in 1907 she returned to Cleveland.[3][4]
Serrao created portraits of Susan B. Anthony, William Howard Brett,[5] Mary Baker Eddy, Julia Ward Howe, Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain[4] and Henry Mower Rice.[6]
She exhibited her work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago.[7]
Serrao exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[8]
Her work, “An Archbishop of Odessa” can be found in the Roman Catholic Church in Odessa, Russia.[9]
She died in 1935.[7]
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