Vincent Aderente Explained

Vincent Aderente (February 20, 1880 Naples, Italy - 1941 Bayside, Queens) was an Italian American muralist.

He studied at the Art Students League, and worked on the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Ballroom.He was an assistant to Edwin Blashfield.^[1]

His work is at St. Matthew's Cathedral, the Denver Mint, the Detroit Public Library, the House Chamber in the Utah State Capitol Building, the United States Post Office (Flushing, Queens), the Queens County Court House, Kings County Hospital,^[2] the Long Island Savings Bank,^[3] and Codington County Courthouse (1929).^[4]

He lived in Queens.^[5] His papers are in the Archives of American Art,^[6] and the Detroit Public Library.^[7]

Aderente's art was also used in First World War propaganda. His painting of Columbia, standing atop the United States and charging forward with a billowing flag and sword at her side, was appears on at least two official recruiting posters from this period.

Notes and References

1. News: Granddaughter to photograph courthouse art for Smithsonian. June 8, 2009. Jennifer Learn-Andes. Luzerne County Reporter.
2. Web site: HHC - Art Works by Facility . www.nyc.gov . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061005165101/http://nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/art-collection/kingscounty_page2.shtml . 2006-10-05.
3. Web site: Greater Astoria Historical Society - History Topics. 7 January 2015.
4. Web site: Codington County Courthouse. Historical Marker Database. 2 January 2017.
5. Web site: Queens Crap: Bad Bad Bayside. 27 February 2007. 7 January 2015.
6. Web site: Summary of the Vincent Aderente papers, 1906-1960 - Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Archives of American Art. 7 January 2015.
7. Web site: Finding Aid for Vincent Aderente papers, 1899-1965.00010. 7 January 2015.