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Andrea Cascella (Italian, 1920 - 1990), was born in Pescara and was the third generation of artist following his father Tommaso Cascella and grandfather Basilio Cascella. Cascella's achievements include being joint prize winner with his brother Pietro in the 1958 International competition for the Auschwitz Memorial to the unknown political prisoner and being awarded with the Principal Italian Sculpture Prize at the 1964 Venice Biennale.