American, 1929 - 2014
Born in San Francisco, CA, 1929, Aldo Casanova received his BA and MA from San Francisco State University and earned a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. He taught for many years and is Professor Emeritus at Scripps College; in addition, he taught at San Francisco State University; Antioch College; Temple University; State University of New York, Albany; and at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. The artist lived and worked in Claremont, CA.
Casanova was the recipient of a Prix de Rome Fellowship, American Academy in Rome; the Louis Comfort Tiffany Purchase Award, the Speyer Prize, and two Certificates of Merit at several National Academy of Design Annuals; and the Lindsay Morris Prize, and the Tallix Foundry Prize, National Sculpture Society.
Casanova was the recipient of a Prix de Rome Fellowship, American Academy in Rome; the Louis Comfort Tiffany Purchase Award, the Speyer Prize, and two Certificates of Merit at several National Academy of Design Annuals; and the Lindsay Morris Prize, and the Tallix Foundry Prize, National Sculpture Society.
