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SculpturesCharles Carlos Marega (September 24, 1871 – March 27, 1939) was a Canadian sculptor in the early 20th century. He was born in Lucinico, in the commune of Gorizia, then part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. He received training in plaster work in Mariano, Italy and then studied in Vienna and Zurich. In Zurich, he met Berta, who he married in 1899. Marega and Beta arrived in Vancouver in October 1909, on their way to California. He lived in Canada for the rest of his life. In 1934, Berta died. He later became a sculpture teacher at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design). He died in 1939 after teaching a class at the Vancouver School of Art. He works include: * King Edward VII fountain - now at Vancouver Art Gallery |
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