James Novelli

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Novelli was born in 1885 in Sulmona, Italy. His family settled in lower Manhattan in New York, and he was raised in a tenement house on Mulberry Street in the Five Points, which became the heart of Little Italy.{{Citation |last = Murphy |first = Josephine |title = Novelli, a Forgotten Sculptor |publisher = Brendon Books |year = 2003 |url = |isbn = 9780828320764}}

In 1903, Novelli returned to Italy to study and graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in 1908. As a student, he earned an honorable mention for his work submitted to the 1906 International Exposition in Paris.{{Cite web|url=https://www.askart.com/artist/James_Salvatore_John_Novelli/10039791/James_Salvatore_John_Novelli.aspx|title=James Salvatore John Novelli - Biography|website=www.askart.com}} He participated in the New York competition about "conceptions of war" in 1915.{{cite news|title = War Views for Prize |newspaper = The New York Times |date = April 1, 1915 |url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/04/01/101757125.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 |accessdate = 2 December 2021}}

He later lived in Chelsea and received numerous commissions. After marrying, he lived in Queens, with his wife, Lillian, and son.

His career foundering during the Depression, he worked with the city's monument crew. Novelli committed suicide in 1940.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/nyregion/defaced-world-war-i-memorial-in-brooklyn-is-rebuilt.html|title=Defaced World War I Memorial in Brooklyn Is Rebuilt|first=Lisa W.|last=Foderaro|date=September 11, 2014|newspaper= The New York Times}}

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• America Triumphant (1922), Pershing Field, Jersey City Heights, Jersey City{{Cite web|url=http://www.jcheights.com/Community-Arts_Sculptures.shtml|title=Community|website=www.jcheights.com|access-date=2021-12-01|archive-date=2021-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130080716/http://www.jcheights.com/Community-Arts_Sculptures.shtml|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://everythingjerseycity.com/10-memorials-in-jc-to-visit-this-memorial-day/|title=10 Memorials to Visit this Memorial Day|date=May 22, 2020}}
• Clayton Point World War I Monument (1928) Clason Point, Bronx{{Cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/woodrow-wilson-triangle/monuments|title=Woodrow Wilson Triangle Monuments : NYC Parks|website=www.nycgovparks.org}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esctDwAAQBAJ&dq=James+S.+J.+Novelli&pg=PT109|title=World War I New York: A Guide to the City's Enduring Ties to The Great War|first=Kevin C.|last=Fitzpatrick|date=April 20, 2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781493028047|via=Google Books}}
• Memorial door DeSalvio mausoleum (1938), Calvary Cemetery, Queens{{Cite web|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!359840~!0#focus|title=Memorial Door, DeSalvio, (sculpture).|website=siris-artinventories.si.edu}}
• Memorial door LaGioia mausoleum (1923), Calvary Cemetery, Queens{{Cite web|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!359834~!0#focus|title=Memorial Door, Mrs. C. LaGioia, (sculpture).|website=siris-artinventories.si.edu}}
• Memorial door Latorraca mausoleum (1938), Calvary Cemetery, Queens{{Cite web|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!359841~!0#focus|title=Memorial Door, Antonio Latorraca, (sculpture).|website=siris-artinventories.si.edu}}
• Rockingham War Memorial (1927-1928), Bellows Falls, Vermont
• Saratoga Monument (1920) Saratoga Park, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn{{Cite web|url=http://www.modernartfoundry.com/newsletter29.html|title=VOLUME 29, NUMBER 1, 2014|website=www.modernartfoundry.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://learninglab.si.edu/q/r/55691|title=Winfield World War Memorial, (sculpture)|website=Smithsonian Learning Lab}}
• The Spirit of Flight (1928), Fort Wayne, Indiana{{cite web | author=Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey | year=1986 | title=The Spirit of Flight, (sculpture)| work=SIRIS | publisher=Smithsonian Institution | url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!338808~!0#focus | accessdate= 1 December 2021}}
• Victory Memorial Fountain (1929), William F. Moore Park, Corona, Queens (fountain removed, tablet remains){{Cite web|url=https://www.beirutveterans.org/2018/8/william-f-moore-park-usmc-and-9-11-memorial|title=William F. Moore Park - USMC and 9-11 Memorial|date=August 27, 2018|website=Beirut Veterans of America}}{{Cite web|url=https://6tocelebrate.org/site/william-f-moore-park/|title=William F. Moore Park | Historic Districts Council's Six to Celebrate|website=6tocelebrate.org}}
• Winfield War Memorial and Victorious America. (1926) Winfield Plaza, Woodside, Queens{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/19/nyregion/thecity/no-victory-over-traffic.html|title=No Victory Over Traffic|first=Michael|last=Pollak|date=September 19, 2004|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://newtownpentacle.com/tag/statue/|title=Statue|website=The Newtown Pentacle}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm59DN_Winfield_Plaza_Park_Woodside_NY|title=Winfield Plaza Park - Woodside, NY - Municipal Parks and Plazas on Waymarking.com|website=www.waymarking.com}}
• Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York), memorials

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• [https://books.google.com/books?id=rf9DAAAAIAAJ&dq=James+Novelli+works+new+york&pg=PA249 Testimony by Novelli]

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