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Dina Melicov

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Dina Melicov
Dina Melicov, from the Archives of American Art
Born1905 (1905)
Died1969 (aged 63–64)
NationalityAmerican
Known forSculpture

Dina Melicov (1905–1969) was an American sculptor, and painter who studied at The Educational Alliance Art School.[1] She graduated from Wadleigh High School for Girls, and studied with Solon Borglum. She married Samuel Gould.[2]

Dina Melicov was a member of the Sculptors Guild[3] and the National Association of Women Artists.[4] She worked for the Federal Art Project. Her works include a 1942 statue of Dr. Joseph Priestley, sculpted of red mahogany, located at the Northumberland, Pennsylvania Post Office[5] and Head of a Child for Public School 216 in New York City.[6][7]

Her papers are held at the Archives of American Art (AAA), with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.[8]

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  1. ^ "Educational Alliance – Art School History". Archived from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  2. ^ "Horses Spring to Wooden Life from Chisel of Dina Melicov". Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  3. ^ Marion A. Kaplan; Deborah Dash Moore, eds. (2010). Gender and Jewish History. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-22263-3.
  4. ^ Gilbert, Dorothy B.,editor, Who's Who in American Art, R.R. Bowker Company, New York, 1962 p.418
  5. ^ "Post Office Tour .pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2011.
  6. ^ "History – P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini – K216 – New York City Department of Education". Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  7. ^ Head of a Child, (sculpture). SIRIS
  8. ^ "Summary of the Dina Melicov papers, 1926–1964". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
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