• Source: Gonippo Raggi

Gonippo Raggi (May 6, 1875 – October 22, 1959) was an Italian artist who provided murals for many churches and church institutions in the United States.




Early childhood and education


He was born in Rome, Italy, in 1875. He was a prize graduate of St. Luke's Royal Academy in Rome and his artistic talent brought him membership in the Pontifical Academy of Virtuosi al Pantheon.




Artistic practice


He came to the United States in 1904 at the invitation of Papal Marquis Martin Maloney to supervise the decoration of St. Catharine Church in Spring Lake, New Jersey. Maloney had erected the church as a memorial to his daughter, Catherine. Raggi drew the attention of Rev. Thomas J. Walsh, then Bishop of Trenton. When Walsh became Bishop of Newark, he encouraged Raggi to continue his work in the Newark diocese. Raggi was internationally acclaimed as a portraitist and ecclesiastical artist. and supervised the decoration of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Newark. He died in 1959.
Several of the buildings containing Raggi's murals have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. All of Raggi's paintings done before 1915 were cataloged by the Smithsonian Institution. Other work by Raggi is cataloged by the Boston Public Library, Department of Fine Arts.




Raggi works


Basilica of St. Josaphat, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
St. Patrick Pro Cathedral, Newark, New Jersey
St. Catharine Church, Spring Lake, New Jersey
Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, New Jersey
St. Lucy's Church, Newark, New Jersey
Immaculate Conception Seminary Chapel, Darlington, New Jersey
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Newark, New Jersey
St. Mary of Mount Virgin Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Villa Walsh Convent Chapel, Morristown, New Jersey
Notre Dame Church, Southbridge, Massachusetts
Liberal Arts Building and Rotunda at Marywood College, Scranton, Pennsylvania
St. John The Baptist Catholic Church, Beloit, Kansas
Chapel, St. John Seminary, Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts
Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna, New York
Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church (Newton, Massachusetts)
Shrine of the Little Flower Catholic Church, Baltimore, Maryland
St. John the Evangelist Church, Pittston, PA




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Gonippo Raggi
• Raggi
• Basilica of St. Josaphat
• St. Catharine Church, Spring Lake
• Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church (Newton, Massachusetts)
• Newton Upper Falls
• St. Lucy's Church (Newark, New Jersey)
• Lila Oliver Asher
• Saint Mary of Mount Virgin Roman Catholic Church
• Notre Dame Catholic Church (Southbridge, Massachusetts)