Clement Renzi (born as Clement Edward Joseph Peter Renzi; 1925–2009) was an American sculptor whose figurative

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and

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works depict people, human relationships, animals, and birds. His work has been popular with collectors in

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and is placed in more than 60 public venues, primarily in that region.

Childhood and family

Clement Renzi was the third of seven children, born to parents Clemente Renzi and Luisa Guastaferro. The couple had been drawn to Central California's

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because of its resemblance to the landscape of Clemente's native village of Dugenta, Italy. After the family lost their prune orchard in the

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of 1929, they moved to

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, where Clemente worked managing a ranch.

Beginnings as a sculptor

Clement Renzi's first drawing, at about age seven, depicted a cow on his family's farm. He resolved to become a sculptor during a family trip to

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. During that visit, he encountered the sculptures of

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and had difficulty keeping his hands off them, despite admonitions of a security guard. At the end of

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, while serving as a naval officer in

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, Renzi worked in a lumberyard, where he began to experiment with woodcarving. Later, while at

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studying business administration through the

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, he took art classes with

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and Richard O'Hanlon. After he had graduated in 1947 and was working as an accountant for Standard Oil, a fellow student urged him to attend a lecture by art educator Henry Schaefer-Simmern. The lecture was an epiphany for Renzi, who said, "It was just like I had walked into daylight from darkness." "It was that kind of an experience and it had a profound effect on me. Here was Henry saying that art cannot be imposed upon you. You have to make your own judgments. I had thought that the teacher alone played that part and made all the judgments, but Henry said, 'No, you are perfectly free to do it your own way. The most important thing is that you do what you can do, in the way that you feel it, and the way you can express it. It has perfect validity as a work of art when you do it your own way.' That enormous sense of freedom gave me an exciting license to advance along my own path."His figure and his ground: An art educational biography of Henry Schaefer-Simmern. (Volumes I and II) Berta, Raymond C., Ph.D. Stanford University, 1994 (UMI 300 N. Zeeb Rd. Ann Arbor, MI48106), p. 233 At age 27,Die Gestalt, 1/1977. Kuenstlerische Entwicklung einer erwachsenen Laien.By Henry Schaefer-Simmern. Pp 18-22 Renzi enrolled as a charter member of Schaefer-Simmern's Institute of Art Education and continued his studies there for five years. He later said that Schaefer-Simmern provided a “course to guide my whole life work.”McAfee, D. The Renzi Style: Sculpting the Spirit. ''Fresno City College RAM'', 1976-77. Pp 12-19 Although Renzi experimented with drawing, painted

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, and

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, Schaefer-Simmern observed that his work all seemed to resemble

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and encouraged him to focus on that medium. In 1950, Renzi married Dorothy Ohannesian, a

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singer from

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, California. When Renzi complained to Dorothy that his accounting job at

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felt increasingly unsatisfying, she persuaded him to seek part-time jobs that would allow him to focus on his art. In 1954–1955, Dorothy studied singing in

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through an

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Master's Fellowship from

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. During this time, Clement studied at Vienna's Academy of Applied art, P. 16. with a special focus on

. The couple also studied in

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New York

Following their return to the United States, Clement completed his first major commission, The "Fourteen Stations of the Cross", for a Christian Brothers retreat center in

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. In 1957, he and Dorothy moved to

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to accommodate Dorothy's recording contract with

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. Renzi studied anatomy at the Art Students League, and before long, he had secured a workspace at New York's

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. Clement offered a large tapestry, ''Eat, Drink and Be Merry,'' for sale at the gallery at an audaciously high price, not fully wanting to part with it. When, to his surprise, the work was sold, Dorothy encouraged Clem to devote himself full-time to his sculpture. P. 16. With the Sculpture Center, he participated in several New York exhibits, was featured in shows traveling nationwide, and held a one-man exhibit in 1960.The New York Times, April 3, 1960. In a brochure for the 1960 exhibit,

's founder, commented, “These little people with their long noses, big eyes, and chubby figures live in a far-away land. They are friendly, warm and at peace with themselves, enjoying their unimportant happy moments. We do not know them or their country, but Renzi does, as you can readily see by this show. Through his sculpture, we watch them as they work and play in close harmony, concerned only with the miracles of their simple world.”

Fresno, California

In 1963 the couple moved to Dorothy's hometown of Fresno, to raise their daughter in a quieter environment. Although he had intended to continue shipping his work to the Sculpture Center in New York, his work quickly proved appealing to Fresno collectors. Within a year, Renzi had secured a commission for a large bronze, ''The Visit'', for the City's new outdoor mall. Renzi taught in the art department at

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for three years, but left when it seemed to be taking too much attention from his work. Renzi had built a studio in his backyard in Fresno's Fig Garden neighborhood, and travelled periodically to cast his larger bronze works through the

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and

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. As costs rose in Europe, he turned to foundries in

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and California. His terra cotta works, made from locally derived clay, were often cast in a kiln on the premises of his home. Most of the completed works were unique or cast in editions of two or three. Renzi continued to receive almost uninterrupted commissions for large bronzes for area hospitals, banks, churches, schools, colleges, the Fresno library, entertainment centers, civic buildings, parks, malls and businesses. In addition, he produced hundreds of smaller works, which he sold from his home and through local galleries. He also continued to offer works through the Lillian Kornbluth gallery in Fairlawn,

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; the William Beattie Gallery in

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, and

Controversy about ''Brotherhood of Man''

In 1969, one of Renzi's sculptures, ''Brotherhood of Man'', drew attention to his work when a group unsuccessfully contested its placement at the

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, asserting that its subject matter violated the

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Style

Renzi's style sometimes resembles the work of

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, reflecting the influence of

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in his training, and has also been compared to

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. However, Renzi did not identify with any particular style or movement and considered the character of his work to have evolved through an introspective, self-directed process of trial and error. "I try to find something completely my own within me and try to enlarge on the concepts that come out of inner search," he said in a 1974 interview. "I search within and get ideas from within." Renzi's early work often featured tall, slender forms. In the early 60's his sculptures could be characterized as “fat and flat”. Later works assumed a more rounded, friendly aspect (P 13) with cherubic children making a frequent appearance, although he also experimented with other kinds of forms, such as a series of bird-like boats with abstract human passengers, and with weightier themes, such as heroic figures from the Old Testament.

Legacy

Although Renzi's art was well received by critics and collectors during his New York years, and he continued to market smaller pieces through galleries in the Chicago and the New York area, the demand for his work was so strong in Fresno and its surrounding communities that as time went on, he gave little attention to promoting his work in major urban centers. He remains best known in California's Central Valley.

Exhibitions

One-man exhibitions

* The Sculpture Center, New York New York. 1960 and 1973 * St. Mary's College, Moraga, California * University of Virginia Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia * Fresno Art Center (Clement Renzi: The Fresno Years, 1989.The Fresno Bee, March 12, 1989. Sculptor Renzi and his 'children'. By Ken Robison. P F16 Renzi: Art, Life, Legacy, 2012) * Kings Gallery, Hanford, California * L'Entrepreneur Art Gallery, Fresno, California. December 1965 – January 1966. Bronze and Terra Cotta sculptures. * William Rogers Gallery, Fresno, California. Renzi: A showing of bronze and terra cotta sculptures completed during 1977, 1977. * Couvier Gallery, Fresno, California

Other shows

* San Francisco Museum of Art * Notre Dame University (permanent collection) * University of Virginia Museum (permanent collection), Charlottesville, Virginia * St. Mary's College Museum, Moraga, California * Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts * Kornbluth Gallery, Fairlawn, New Jersey * Benjamin-Beattie Gallery, Chicago, Illinois * Wilson Gallery, Fresno, California * Plum's Gallery, Fresno, California

Public works by Clement Renzi

* 1958 ''The Fourteen Stations of the Cross.'' Carmelite House of Prayer, Oakdale, California (Relocated from Christian Brothers Retreat Center in Hellendale, California) * 1962 ''Stations of the Cross.'' Bronze. Location unknown. * 1964 ''The Visit.''

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, Fresno, California * 1964 ''The Reader.'' Woodrow Wilson High School, Hanford, California * 1966–1967 "Walking Madonna and Christ Child.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Chapel
Sacred Heart Chapel, Ellis St., San Francisco, CA * 1967 ''The Musicians II'' Chase Bank, Mooney Blvd at Whitesdale, Visalia, California * 1967 ''Peasant Dancers.'' Chase Bank, 7777 Girard (at Silverado), La Jolla, California * 1967 ''The New Book.'' Mariposa Library, Fresno, California * 1967 ''Fish'' (Mosaic).

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, Moraga, California * 1968 ''The Acrobats.''

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, Gym, Fresno, California * 1968 ''Brotherhood of Man.''

, Fresno, California * 1968 ''Mother and Child (Madonna and Child).''

, St. Albert Hall Library, 2nd floor balcony, Moraga, California * 1970 ''Christ the Healer.'' Cast in Bergamo, Italy.Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, California * 1971 ''The Family.'' Bigby Villa, 1329 E. Rev. Chester Riggins Ave, Fresno, California * 1971 ''The Three Graces.'' California State University, East side of Music building, Fresno. Fresno, California * 1971 ''Water Birds (Cranes).'' Shaw and Milbrook Ave., Fresno, California * 1971 ''Trusting Hands (Mother and Child).''

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Tulare County Historical Museum, Tulare, California * 1972 ''Boy in the Fountain (A Summer Day).'' Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, California * 1972 ''The Waifs.'' Chase Bank, Corner of "O" St and Jensen Ave, Sanger, California* * 1973 ''The Yokuts Man.''

, Fresno, California * 1973 ''Marsh Birds.'' McHenry Ave. at Loveland Lane, Modesto, California * 1973 ''Sound the Trumpets.'' Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, California * 1974 ''Boy with Birds.''

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Fresno, California * 1974 ''Bambini.''Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, California * 1974 ''Christ the Healer.'' Saint Agnes Medical Center, Fresno, California * 1975?* ''Duet.'' San Joaquin Delta College, Irving Goleman Learning Center, 5151 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, California * 1975 ''St. Anthony.'' St. Anthony of Padua Church, Fresno, California * 1991 ''The Three R's.'' # Fresno County Office of Education, Fresno, California # Fresno County Educational Employees Credit Union, Shaw/Valentine branch, Fresno, California * 1977 ''Family Matters.'' Westamerica Bank, Shaw Ave. at Forkner Ave., Fresno, California * 1978 ''The Young Readers.'' Edition of two. # Media Center,

San Joaquin Memorial High School, Fresno, California # Hiebert Library, Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, California * 1978 ''Caring.'' California Armenian Home for the Aged, Kings Canyon at Armstrong Ave, Fresno, California * 1979 ''Common Bonds (Sharing).'' # F & M Bank, Dale at Veneman Rd., Modesto, California # Laguna Hills, California * 1980? ''Acrobats.'' Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, California. * 1980 ''A Day Out with Grandma.'' Olive & M. Street, Merced, California * 1981 ''A Day in the Park.'' (terra cotta relief) 1930 E. Shields Ave., Fresno, California (threatened and possible damaged due to fire) * 1982 ''Elephant Arch.'' Chaffee Zoo, Fresno, California * 1982 ''Children at Play (Spirit of Youth).'' Edition of 2. # University Picadilly Hotel, Courtyard, Fresno, California # Panther Creek Shopping Center, Village Square entrance, Woodlands, Texas. * 1982 '' The Reader.'' Offices of Grabe, Schapansky, Moss and Claypool, Fresno, California * 1983 ''

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(The Boxer).'' Selland Arena, Fresno, California * 1983 ''Mother and Son (To the Sea, Into the Wind, Mother and Child Running)''. City Hall, 110 E. Cook at Broadway, Santa Maria, California * 1983 ''Take My Hand.''

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, Fresno, California * 1984 ''Family Celebration.'' Kings County Government Center, 319 E. Douty, Hanford, California * 1985 ''Firstborn.''

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Kaweah Delta District Hospital, Visalia, California * 1986 ''Sleeping Child.'' (terra cotta) Saint Agnes Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fresno, California * 1990 ''Monseigneur Dowling and the Children.'' Shrine of St. Therese, 1410 N. Wishon, Fresno, California. * 1995 ''Memorial to Tommy.'' Chaffee Zoo Fresno, California * 1996 ''Graduation Day (The Diploma).'' Tulare County Department of Education, Visalia, California * 1986 ''St. Francis.'' Westminster Presbyterian Church, Thorne Ave at Santa Anna, Fresno, California * 1997 ''The Engineer.'' Sumner Engineering, 887 N. Irwin, Hanford, California *1998 ''The Three R's.'' Kremen School of Education and Development, Fresno, California * 2002 ''Quail.'' Quail Park Retirement Village, Visalia, California * 2004 ''Children Dancing.'' Trolley Creek Park, 5110 E. Huntington Blvd., Fresno, California * 2004 ''Storytime.'' Kings County Office of Education, Hanford, California * 2005 ''Fig Garden Swim and Racquet Club Founders' Memorial Statue.'' Maroa Ave at Rialto Ave., Fresno, California * 2005 ''Boy Chasing Birds.'' U.S. District Court Federal Courthouse. Mezzanine. Fresno, California * 2006 ''Children Learning.'' Copper Hills Elementary School, Clovis, California * 2007 ''Deborah, Judge of Israel.'' (created 1989) Appellate Court, 2424 Ventura, Fresno, California * 2009 ''Commencement.'' Merced County Department of Education, 13th St. at "N" St., Merced, California (Completed after the artist's death)

Awards

* The Architectural League of New York 1961 Award for Sculpture. * Audubon Society of New York 1961 Sculpture Selection *The Silvermine Guild,

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1962 Stone Carving Award *

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, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1964 Purchase Award *Horizon Award, Fresno Arts Council

References

Bibliography

* Fresno City College RAM, 1976–77. The Renzi Style: Sculpting the Spirit. By Darlene McAfee. Photos by G. Kim Vargas. pp 12–19 * Davenport, William. W.; The Editors of Sunset Magazine. Art Treasures of the West. Menlo Park, Ca: Lane Magazine & Book, 1966. * His figure and his ground: An art educational biography of Henry Schaefer-Simmern. (Volumes I and II) Berta, Raymond C., Ph.D. Stanford University, 1994 (UMI 300 N. Zeeb Rd. Ann Arbor, MI48106)

External links

''Smithsonian Institution Research Information System.'' Selection of public works by Clement Renzi

''Clement Renzi, Sculptor.'' Website about the artist
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