Renzo Fenci

Renzo G. Fenci (18 November 1914 – 11 December 1999) was an Italian-American artist and arts educator, best known for his bronze sculpture.

He worked in 1942 as a New Deal artist with the United States Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture.

[1] He received a master's degree in 1932 from Instituto d'Arte Firenze (Art Institute of Florence) and studied with sculptors Libero Andriotti and Bruno Innocenti.

[2][3] He emigrated to New York City around 1937 or 1938, due to the change in politics in Europe and the rise of fascism.

[5] These commissions were for the creation of a series of terra-cotta bas reliefs for a post office in Easley, South Carolina, entitled “Cultivation of Corn”.