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SUMMARY:Pompeo Coppini’s legacy looms over Texas
DESCRIPTION:From the Alamo to Dallas’s Fair Park\, Pompeo Coppini left his
  monuments across Texas.  Discover more about this amazing artist from Dr.
  Richard B. McCaslin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday\, May 30\, at the Allen Public
  Library. \nBorn in 1870\, Pompeo Coppini grew up in Florence\, Italy\, wh
 ere he studied at the Academia di Belle Arte. In 1896\, he immigrated to t
 he United States\, arriving in New York with $40 in his pocket and no know
 ledge of English. Coppini found a modicum of success working as an apprent
 ice to established French and American sculptors\, but when the artist got
  wind of an opportunity in Texas\, he packed his bags.  \nCoppini arrived
  in San Antonio just after Thanksgiving in 1901. Dr. McCaslin declares\, “
 a 32-year-old Italian immigrant named Pompeo Coppini arrived in Texas to m
 ake a single statue.  During the next fifty years\, he completed more than
  two hundred works\, dozens of which were public monuments that greatly in
 fluenced the way Texans viewed many different people and events in their p
 ast.” \nCoppini later established studios in Chicago and New York\, but he
  ultimately made San Antonio his permanent home\, living there until his d
 eath in 1957.  \nFormer chair of the History Department at the University
  of North Texas\, Dr. McCaslin is the author of “Pompeo Coppini: Defining
  the Historical Landscape in Texas\,” which appeared in The Art of Texas:
  250 Years\, ed. Ron Tyler (Texas Christian University\, 2019). This book
  won a Publication Award\, Center for the Advancement and Study of Early T
 exas Art\, and an Honorable Mention\, Non-Fiction Category\, Texas Philoso
 phical Society.  \nCan’t be there in person? The program will be streamed
  live on ACTV. Find viewing options at  Watch ACTV  or view online at  ACT
 V.org  or  YouTube.com/AllenCityTV \nThe library is located at 300 N. Alle
 n Dr. Call 214-509-4911 for additional information\nAllen Public Library\n
 300 N. Allen Dr. Allen Tx\nAllen\, TX\, TX 75013 United States\n
LOCATION:300 N. Allen Dr. Allen Tx\, Allen\, TX\, TX 75013
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