After attending the Varallo (Italy) Technical School, and the Varalla School of Sculpture, Ferrai studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Turin. He began his professional career in Paris in 1886, where he worked several years modeling ornament for some of the famous architects of France of that day. In London, (1889) he worked for a time on Gothic ornament then returning to Italy for a short time because the era of monumental construction had begun in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, a work which was to make that capital the most beautiful city in South America, and Mr. Ferrari was called there. He stayed for seventeen years. His first son Charles was born in Rosario, Argentina. Several of the magnificent building of Buenos Aires and Rosario are decorated with ornaments of his making.
Immigrated to America in 1903 and was naturalized 4-8-1911.
City directory lists him as a sculptor. The 1905 city directory has occupation, Mfr. Architectural Ornaments.
During the 1906-1921 era he had a studio in New Haven, Conn. and produced a wide range of architectural ornaments, some commissioned for domestic use, but most commissions given him by some of the leading architects of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other large centers of architectural activity. Among them are figures on the Harkness Memorial Quadrangle at Yale University, nineteen figures in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NY, and a group for the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, in NY.
He created public art for the city of New Haven. Three cast in place 800-pound vertical concrete panels were originally standing guard over the entrance of the New Haven Arena from 1927 to it's demolition in 1975. The three figures depicted were: A male figure wearing knickers, a jersey and skates, with a hockey stick and puck, but no protective gear, a classically dressed female holding an urn and wearing a laurel wreath to symbolize victory, with the word "Sport" inscribed at the bottom and a male boxer.
Sculptor Febo Ferrari used his son Edward to model the figures of the ice hockey player and the boxer. Plans to install the panels in the lobby of the replacement New Haven Coliseum (1972-2002) were never realized, and when that building was demolished in 2007, the panels continued to sit in storage.
According to a New Haven Register article in July 2010, the three panels were scheduled to be on public display once again by Oct of that year. It's new home is a public space next to the main fire house in view of the original arena site.
In 1940 the widowed Mr. Farrari lived in East Haven, Ct with his sculptor son Edward and produced many works from his Short Beach studio.
Mr. Ferrari was the son of Carlo Ferrari and Mrs. Virginia Cantova Ferrari.
Died at age 83.
Initials FF beneath the ear indicate Mr. Farrari designed his own memorial medallion.
Immigrated to America in 1903 and was naturalized 4-8-1911.
City directory lists him as a sculptor. The 1905 city directory has occupation, Mfr. Architectural Ornaments.
During the 1906-1921 era he had a studio in New Haven, Conn. and produced a wide range of architectural ornaments, some commissioned for domestic use, but most commissions given him by some of the leading architects of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other large centers of architectural activity. Among them are figures on the Harkness Memorial Quadrangle at Yale University, nineteen figures in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NY, and a group for the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, in NY.
He created public art for the city of New Haven. Three cast in place 800-pound vertical concrete panels were originally standing guard over the entrance of the New Haven Arena from 1927 to it's demolition in 1975. The three figures depicted were: A male figure wearing knickers, a jersey and skates, with a hockey stick and puck, but no protective gear, a classically dressed female holding an urn and wearing a laurel wreath to symbolize victory, with the word "Sport" inscribed at the bottom and a male boxer.
Sculptor Febo Ferrari used his son Edward to model the figures of the ice hockey player and the boxer. Plans to install the panels in the lobby of the replacement New Haven Coliseum (1972-2002) were never realized, and when that building was demolished in 2007, the panels continued to sit in storage.
According to a New Haven Register article in July 2010, the three panels were scheduled to be on public display once again by Oct of that year. It's new home is a public space next to the main fire house in view of the original arena site.
In 1940 the widowed Mr. Farrari lived in East Haven, Ct with his sculptor son Edward and produced many works from his Short Beach studio.
Mr. Ferrari was the son of Carlo Ferrari and Mrs. Virginia Cantova Ferrari.
Died at age 83.
Initials FF beneath the ear indicate Mr. Farrari designed his own memorial medallion.
After attending the Varallo (Italy) Technical School, and the Varalla School of Sculpture, Ferrai studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Turin. He began his professional career in Paris in 1886, where he worked several years modeling ornament for some of the famous architects of France of that day. In London, (1889) he worked for a time on Gothic ornament then returning to Italy for a short time because the era of monumental construction had begun in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, a work which was to make that capital the most beautiful city in South America, and Mr. Ferrari was called there. He stayed for seventeen years. His first son Charles was born in Rosario, Argentina. Several of the magnificent building of Buenos Aires and Rosario are decorated with ornaments of his making.
Immigrated to America in 1903 and was naturalized 4-8-1911.
City directory lists him as a sculptor. The 1905 city directory has occupation, Mfr. Architectural Ornaments.
During the 1906-1921 era he had a studio in New Haven, Conn. and produced a wide range of architectural ornaments, some commissioned for domestic use, but most commissions given him by some of the leading architects of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other large centers of architectural activity. Among them are figures on the Harkness Memorial Quadrangle at Yale University, nineteen figures in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NY, and a group for the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, in NY.
He created public art for the city of New Haven. Three cast in place 800-pound vertical concrete panels were originally standing guard over the entrance of the New Haven Arena from 1927 to it's demolition in 1975. The three figures depicted were: A male figure wearing knickers, a jersey and skates, with a hockey stick and puck, but no protective gear, a classically dressed female holding an urn and wearing a laurel wreath to symbolize victory, with the word "Sport" inscribed at the bottom and a male boxer.
Sculptor Febo Ferrari used his son Edward to model the figures of the ice hockey player and the boxer. Plans to install the panels in the lobby of the replacement New Haven Coliseum (1972-2002) were never realized, and when that building was demolished in 2007, the panels continued to sit in storage.
According to a New Haven Register article in July 2010, the three panels were scheduled to be on public display once again by Oct of that year. It's new home is a public space next to the main fire house in view of the original arena site.
In 1940 the widowed Mr. Farrari lived in East Haven, Ct with his sculptor son Edward and produced many works from his Short Beach studio.
Mr. Ferrari was the son of Carlo Ferrari and Mrs. Virginia Cantova Ferrari.
Died at age 83.
Initials FF beneath the ear indicate Mr. Farrari designed his own memorial medallion.
Immigrated to America in 1903 and was naturalized 4-8-1911.
City directory lists him as a sculptor. The 1905 city directory has occupation, Mfr. Architectural Ornaments.
During the 1906-1921 era he had a studio in New Haven, Conn. and produced a wide range of architectural ornaments, some commissioned for domestic use, but most commissions given him by some of the leading architects of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other large centers of architectural activity. Among them are figures on the Harkness Memorial Quadrangle at Yale University, nineteen figures in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NY, and a group for the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, in NY.
He created public art for the city of New Haven. Three cast in place 800-pound vertical concrete panels were originally standing guard over the entrance of the New Haven Arena from 1927 to it's demolition in 1975. The three figures depicted were: A male figure wearing knickers, a jersey and skates, with a hockey stick and puck, but no protective gear, a classically dressed female holding an urn and wearing a laurel wreath to symbolize victory, with the word "Sport" inscribed at the bottom and a male boxer.
Sculptor Febo Ferrari used his son Edward to model the figures of the ice hockey player and the boxer. Plans to install the panels in the lobby of the replacement New Haven Coliseum (1972-2002) were never realized, and when that building was demolished in 2007, the panels continued to sit in storage.
According to a New Haven Register article in July 2010, the three panels were scheduled to be on public display once again by Oct of that year. It's new home is a public space next to the main fire house in view of the original arena site.
In 1940 the widowed Mr. Farrari lived in East Haven, Ct with his sculptor son Edward and produced many works from his Short Beach studio.
Mr. Ferrari was the son of Carlo Ferrari and Mrs. Virginia Cantova Ferrari.
Died at age 83.
Initials FF beneath the ear indicate Mr. Farrari designed his own memorial medallion.
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1898 & 1928 dates on bottom of memorial, of unknown significance
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