Marianna Pineda was an American realist

Realism (visual arts)

Realism in the visual arts is a style that depicts the actuality of what the eyes can see. The term is used in different senses in art history; it may mean the same as illusionism, the representation of subjects with visual mimesis or verisimilitude, or may mean an emphasis on the actuality of...

 sculptor who was born in 1925 in Evanston, Illinois

Evanston, Illinois

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. She was married to the sculptor, Harold Tovish.

She studied with Carl Milles

Carl Milles

Carl Milles was a Swedish sculptor, best known for his fountains. He was married to artist Olga Milles and brother to Ruth Milles and half brother to the architect Evert Milles...

 in the summer of 1942 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art

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The Cranbrook Educational Community, a National Historic Landmark, in the US state of Michigan was founded in the early 20th century by newspaper mogul George Gough Booth. Cranbrook campus is in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills consisting of Cranbrook Schools, Cranbrook Academy of Art,...

 (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan), with Simon Moselsio from 1942 to 1943 at Bennington College

Bennington College

Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...

 (Bennington, Vermont), with Raymond Puccinelli from 1943 to 1945 at the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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, with Oronzio Maldarelli

Oronzio Maldarelli

-Education:He was born on September 9, 1892 and immigrated with his parents, Michael Maldarelli, a goldsmith, and mother, Louisa Rizzo Maldarelli, to the United States in 1901. About 1906 he began taking modeling lessons at the Cooper Union, and after two years began to study at the National...

 from 1945 to 1946 at Columbia University

Columbia University

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 (New York City) and with Ossip Zadkine

Ossip Zadkine

Ossip Zadkine was a Belarusian-born artist who lived in France. He is primarily known as a sculptor, but also produced paintings and lithographs.-Early years and career:...

 in Paris from 1949 to 1950.

The Fogg Art Museum

Fogg Art Museum

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 (Harvard University), the Muscarelle Museum of Art

Muscarelle Museum of Art

The Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William & Mary is an art museum in Williamsburg, Virginia right on the College’s campus. It sits adjacent to the Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall on Jamestown Road. The museum was given to the College as a gift from alumni and friends and first opened its...

 (Williamsburg, Virginia), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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, The DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Lincoln, Massachusetts) and the Walker Art Center

Walker Art Center

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 (Minneapolis, Minnesota) are among the public collections holding work by Marianna Pineda.

Her eight-foot bronze statue of Queen Liliuokalani stands between the Hawaii State Capitol

Hawaii State Capitol

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 and Iolani Palace. Pineda also produced "Search for the Queen," a 1996 documentary on Queen Liliuokalani's life and the sculptor's creation of the bronze memorial. Marianna Pineda died November 24, 1996 of pancreatic cancer at her home in Boston