Ubaldo Vitali is an American silversmith

Silversmith

A silversmith is a craftsperson who makes objects from silver or gold. The terms 'silversmith' and 'goldsmith' are not synonyms as the techniques, training, history, and guilds are or were largely the same but the end product varies greatly as does the scale of objects created.Silversmithing is the...

, and conservator.
He is a 2011 MacArthur Fellow.

Life

He studied at the Liceo Artistico Ripetta, the Sapienza University of Rome, and the Accademia di Belle Arti, Rome. He moved to the United States in 1967. His workshop is at 188 Hilton Avenue, Maplewood, New Jersey

Maplewood, New Jersey

Maplewood is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 23,867.-History:...

.

His work has appeared in the Newark Museum

Newark Museum

The Newark Museum is the largest museum in New Jersey, USA. It holds fine collections of American art, decorative arts, contemporary art, and arts of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the ancient world...

, the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C. with an extensive collection of American art.Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum has a broad variety of American art that covers all regions and art movements found in the United States...

, the Yale University Art Gallery

Yale University Art Gallery

The Yale University Art Gallery houses a significant and encyclopedic collection of art in several buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Although it embraces all cultures and periods, the Gallery possesses especially renowned collections of early Italian painting,...

, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

External links

• http://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum17/HTML/000454.html
• http://www.liceoripetta.it/