COPPINI, Pompeo  (1870-1957) Italian-American sculptor.
          Full name: Pompeo Luigi Coppini.
          Born Moglia, Mantua, Italy, 19 May 1870.
          Came to America 1896.
          His statue of James P. Clarke in United States Capitol.
          Author: From Dawn to Sunset.
          Died San Antonio, Texas, 26 September 1957.
          Signed models PC initials.
          His studio in San Antonio is now a museum.

          C  O  I  N  S

1934-38 Texas Centennial Half Dollar. . . . . Breen 7501-7513, KM 167

          R  E  L  I  E  F  S

1924 Prominent Italian-American Portrait Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
          Auction: Rago Art & Auction (12 May 2012) [1/4] lot .219

          M   E   D   A   L   S

1931 Chevrolet Quality Medal (designed by A.L. Cooper,
          modeled by Coppini). . . . . . . . . . . . .  MAco 1931-070

          B I O G R A P I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D8  {1926} Fielding, p 77, 454.
A2  {1927} Fairman, p 439-440.
AE6 {1929} NSS Exhibit Catalog, p 58.
BA  {1937} Who's Who In American Art: 1937 [1ed:98], 1939 [2ed:120],
          1941 [3ed:146], 1947 [4ed:114], 1953 [5ed:89], 1956 [6ed:96].
G14 {1949} Coppini (Pompeo)  From Dawn To Sunset. San Antonio, TX: Press of Naylor Co. 404 pages.
B3  {1960} Who Was Who, p 184.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 130.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 177.
AE1 {1988} Falk, 2:146.
AE5 {1990} National Academy of Design, p 144.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, p 84, 87.
D37 {1993} Soria, p 64-65.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:733.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 3:1368.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

N16 {1967} Taxay, p 132-136.
A15 {1971} Vermeule, p 185-186.
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 25.
N30 {1991} Bowers. Commemorative Coins, p 699-700 (bio).
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 62.
O12 {1988} Breen 7501-7513, p 595.