Clara Fasano

Clara Fasano (December 14, 1900 – 1990) was an Italian born American sculptor known for her terracotta figures with religious or allegorical themes.

[1] Fasano was born in Castellaneta, Italy, where she came from a long line of sculptors and carvers; her family immigrated to the United States when she was three.

Her father, Pasquale Fasano earned a living in New York City carving architectural ornamentation.

Fasano created a plaque commemorating Governor Donegan for the Port Richmond High School in Staten Island for PWAP in 1934.

[11] Fasano was married to Jean de Marco,[4] a sculptor and fellow member of the National Academy of Design, with whom she lived in Greenwich Village, in 1936.