1929
Born in New York City
1943-47
Attends Valley Forge Military Academy
1947-51
Studies painting at Rhode Island School of Design.
1951-52
Studies graphics with Will Barnet at New York Art Students League
1952-56
Joins U.S. Air Force. Stationed in Korea and Japan.
During his time in the Air Force travels extensively in S.E. Asia. Studies Japanese.
1956
After leaving the Air Force returns to New York and pursues Japanese language and history studies at Columbia University with Donald Keene.
Meets artist Guen’ichiro Inokuma. Introduced to Japanese calligraphy.
1957-61
Moves to Japan with introductions from Inokuma.
Studies calligraphy with Taiun Yanagida and painting with Matsubayashi Keigetsu. Meets Kazu Wakita.
Shows at Minami and Tokyo Galleries.
Meets Gordon Washburn and is invited to the Carnegie International
1961-63
Returns to New York via Afrodisias (Turkey), Athens, Rome, Paris and Madrid.
Meets Isamu Noguchi.
1963-71
Moves to Madrid.
Marries Brigitte in Paris in 1966
Meets members of the El Paso Group and exhibits at Galeria Juana Mordo
Starts working in sculpture with metal and marble
1971-73
Relocates temporarily to Brussels
Receives first commissions for public sculpture in New York.
Meets Finnish designer Nanny Still. Exhibits in Finland and Belgium.
Starts working in granite and steel.
1973-75
Buys home in Agua Amarga in southern Spain.
1976-79
Moves back to New York City now exclusively working in sculpture.
Makes first working visit to the marble quarries in Tuscany.
Buys loft in Chelsea and socializes with Will Barnet and Knox Martin.
1978-2017
Period of great productivity splitting time between New York and Pietrasanta, Italy.
Exhibits globally.
Last major exhibition in 2002 in Florence.
2016-21
Suffers from debilitating progressive illness.
2021
Passes away in New York City, survived by his widow Brigitte.
ONE MAN SHOWS
1957 Passedoit Gallery, New York City
1959 Minami Gallery, Tokyo
1961 Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo
1968 Galeria Juana Mordo, Madrid, Spain
1970 Grosvenor Gallery, London
1970 Agra Gallery, Washington D.C.
1971 Agra Gallery, Washington D.C.
1971 AM Sachs Gallery, New York City
1972 Agra Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y.
1972 Städli Gallery, Wangen A/A, Switzeriand
1973 Agra Gallery, Washington D.C.
1973 Galerie Wiebenga, Lausanne, Switzerland
1974 Galerie Suzanne Egloff, Basel, Switzerland
1975 Galerie Alexandra Monett, Brussels, Belgium
1975 Galerie Anita Rutz, Düsseldorf, Germany
1975 Centre International Culturel, Antwerp, Belgium
1975 Alcoiarts, Altea, Spain
1976 Galleri 92, Fröson, Sweden
1976 Pyramid Gallery, Washington D.C.
1976 Galerie Bouma, Amsterdam, Holland
1977 Galerie Christel, Stockholm, Sweden
1977 Galerie Christel, Helsinki, Finland
1977 Galerie Bouma, Amsterdam, Holland
1977 Galerie Alexandra Monett, Brussels, Belgium
1978 Galerie Denise Stephan, Leyden, Holland
1979 Galerie Bouma, Amsterdam, Holland
1979 Galerie Alexandra Monett, Brussels, Belgium
1979 Galleri 22, Arhus, Denmark
1980 Galerie Asbaek, Copenhagen, Denmark
1980 Galerie Nordenhake, Malmo, Sweden
1980 Kolding Museum, Kolding, Denmark
1981 Jack Gallery, New York City
1983 Shahin Requicha Gallery, Rochester, N.Y.
1984 Shahin Requicha Gallery, Rochester, N.Y.
1984 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.
1985 Pueblo Museum, Pueblo, Colorado
1987 Simms Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
1987 Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, West Palm Beach, Florida
1988 Galerie Kaj Fosblom, Helsinki, Finland
1989 Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy
1989 Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Turku, Finland
1989 Temple University, Rome, Italy
1990 Carega Foxley Leach Gallery, Washington D.C.
1993 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York City
1996 Chiostro Sant’Agostino, Pietrasanta, Italy
2002 Sala d’Arme, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Corcoran Galleries, Washington, D.C.
Düsseldorf Art Fair
Fayetteville Museum of Art, North Carolina
Fondazione Martani, Bologna, Italy
Ghent Museum of Art, Belgium
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Homenaje a Miro, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Kokusai Shodo-ten, Nagoya & Tokyo, Japan
Kunst am Rehfels, Basel, Switzerland
Malmo Kunsthall, Malmo, Sweden
Museo dei Bozzetti, Pietrasanta, Italy
National Academy of Design, New York
North Carolina Museum of Fine Arts, Raleigh. N.C.
Palazzo Ducale, Massa-Carrara, Italy
Sculpture Now!, Malmo, Sweden
Tokyo Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
SELECTED PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Bellevue Center, Nashville, Tennessee
City of New York, Department of Ports & Terminals
Columbus City Center, Columbus, Ohio
Contemporary Art Museum, Ghent, Belgium
Electrum Ltd., London
Entrecanales, Madrid, Spain
Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, North Carolina
First Pennsylvania Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
General Electric Co., Fairfield, Connecticut
Ghent Museum of Art, Belgium
Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas
Lakeforest Mall, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Malmo Kunsthall, Malmo, Sweden
Metromedia Collection, Los Angeles, California
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
Oppenheimer & Co., New York, N.Y.
Park Avenue Plaza, New York, N.Y.
J. C. Penney, Inc., New York, N.Y.
PepsiCo Sculpture Park, Purchase, N.Y.
Poydras Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Registry, Dallas, Texas
Rockefeller Center, Corp, New York, N.Y.
Sangamo Weston, Inc., Norcross, Georgia
Sangre de Cristo Museum of Art, Pueblo, Colorado
Sparbanken, Malmo, Sweden
Steel Service Center Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
The Taubman Company Temet Oy, Helsinki, Finland
University of Houston, Clear Lake City, Texas
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
WILLIAM CROVELLO (1929-2021) 