'E Pluribus Unum', a white Vermont marble sculpture by Eli Marozzi, 1982, President Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Honolulu, Hawaii

Eli Raphael Marozzi (1913-1999) was a sculptor, ceramist, and teacher. He was born in Motegallo, Italy, but came to the United States as a child and grew up in Pennsylvania. He served in the United States military from 1941 to 1943. Marozzi received a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in 1949 and a master's degree from the University of Hawaii in 1952. His most prominent public sculptures include:

• Nartanam, a cast white marble aggregate relief sculpture at the Tennent Art Foundation Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1958
• The Cat, a concrete sculpture at Leeward Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1970
• As You Like It, terrazzo sculpture at Honolulu Stadium State Park, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1981
• E Pluribus Unum, a white Vermont marble sculpture at President Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1982
• Kuikahi, a terrazzo sculpture at Waianae High School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1985

In addition to his art and teaching, Marozzi founded the Vedanta Society of Hawaii, and served as president from its inception. He died in a hospice on August 31, 1999 at age 86.

[edit] References

• Falk, Peter Hastings, Who Was Who in American Art, Madison, CT, Sound View Press, 1999.
• Morse, Harold, Honolulu sculptor, artist Eli R. Marozzi dies at 86, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, September 8, 1999.
• Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces, University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 35, 94.

[edit] External links

• Eli Marozzi in AskArt.com
• Eli Marozzi in the Art Inventories Catolog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum