With sculptor Attilio Piccirilli, Ruotolo founded the school to provide low-cost, often free art instruction to the working poor, mostly in the evening.
:Attilio Piccirilli (May 16, 1866 - October 8, 1945), an Italian-American sculptor
Bitter's other pediment, the west, is Agriculture, while Attilio Piccirilli's Wisdom and Learning of the World adorns the north pediment.
Attilio Piccirilli | Piccirilli Brothers | Thomas Piccirilli | Attilio Nicora | Attilio Meucci | Attilio Dottesio | Attilio Bitondo | Attilio Bertolucci |