CANTINI, Virgil David  (1919- ) Italian-American sculptor,
          enamelist, educator.
          Born Roccaraso, Italy, 28 February 1919.
          Came to America and Weirton, West Virginia, 1930.
          Long time faculty member University of Pittsburgh, Art
          Department Chairman, finally Emeritus, Studio Arts.
          Awarded Guggenheim fellowship, 1957.
          M   E   D   A   L   S
1972 Clemente (Roberto Walker) Medal (struck by U.S.
          Mint). . . . . . . . . . . .Turner 36, Dean D1972-1,  Swoger 306
          Illustrated: M60 {2008}Dean, National Comm Medals, p 44
          Illustrated: M62 {2008}Swoger, Nat Comm Medals, p . 235
          B I O G R A P I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S
101  {1965} Musmanno (Michael Angelo) The Story of Italians in America. Garden City,             NY: Doubleday (1965)                 300 pages.
BA  {1966} Who's Who In American Art:
         1966 [9ed:67], 1970 [10ed:60],
         1973 [11ed:112], 1976 [12ed:86],
         1978 [13ed:106-107], 1980 [14ed:113],
         1982 [15ed:143], 1984 [16ed:141],
         1986 [17ed:151], 1989 [18ed:158],
         1990 [19ed:167], 1992 [20ed:176],
         1995 [21ed:183], 1997 [22ed:181],
         1999 [23ed:183], 2001 [24ed:178],
         2003 [25ed:182], 2005 [26ed:193],
         2007 [28ed:191-192].
D37 {1993} Soria.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:561- 562.
         N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S
S26 {1968} Turner 36.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 21-22.
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 48.
M60 {2008} Dean, National Commemorative Medals of U.S. Mint; D1972-1,  p 44.
M62 {2008} Swoger, Nat Comm Medals, 306, p 234-237.