Dina Melicov Explained

Dina Melicov
Nationality:	American
Known For:	Sculpture

Dina Melicov (1905–1969) was an American sculptor, and painter who studied at The Educational Alliance Art School.^[1] She graduated from Wadleigh High School for Girls, and studied with Solon Borglum. She married Samuel Gould.^[2]

Dina Melicov was a member of the Sculptors Guild^[3] and the National Association of Women Artists.^[4] She worked for the Federal Art Project. Her works include a 1942 statue of Dr. Joseph Priestley, sculpted of red mahogany, located at the Northumberland, Pennsylvania Post Office^[5] and Head of a Child for Public School 216 in New York City.^{[6] [7]}

Her papers are held at the Archives of American Art (AAA), with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.^[8]

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Educational Alliance – Art School History . 27 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120211212317/http://www.edalliance.org/index.php?submenu=ArtHistory&src=gendocs&ref=ArtHistory&category=Art%20School . February 11, 2012 .
2. Web site: Horses Spring to Wooden Life from Chisel of Dina Melicov. 27 December 2011.
3. Book: Gender and Jewish History. Marion A. Kaplan . Deborah Dash Moore. Indiana University Press. 2010. 978-0-253-22263-3.
4. Gilbert, Dorothy B.,editor, Who's Who in American Art, R.R. Bowker Company, New York, 1962 p.418
5. Web site: Post Office Tour .pdf . December 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150906224525/http://www.itourcolumbiamontour.com/wp-content/uploads/PostOfficeTourBrochure.pdf . September 6, 2015 . dead .
6. Web site: History – P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini – K216 – New York City Department of Education. 27 December 2011.
7. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1324CA83665A0.9355&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!352900~!0&ri=2&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Gould,+Samuel,+Mrs.,[phone],+sculptor.&index=AUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=2 Head of a Child, (sculpture)
8. Web site: Summary of the Dina Melicov papers, 1926–1964 . Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. 27 December 2011.