1. By: Kellie and Leah
Ted DeGrazia

2. Life Span of Ted DeGrazia
He was born on June 14th , 1909
He was born in a mining camp of Territorial Arizona
He died when he was 73 on September 17th , 1982

3. Childhood
He moved to Italy in 1920 when he was 11 because of mine closure.
5 years later he moved back because the mine reopened
When he moved back to Arizona he re- entered 1st grade to relearn English
His real name is Ettore but his schoolteacher gave him the nickname Ted.

4. Adulthood When he was 24 he enrolled in University of Arizona
He is now a painter who paints sweet Indian children.
He married Alexandra in 1936
He got divorced in 1946
He then remarried to sculptor Marion Sheret
In 1944 he bought land and made an adobe art studio

5. Ted DeGrazia’s saying
My best painting is the next one. I haven’t painted it yet. I am in a competition with only myself, and that’s tough, because I believe that each thing I do must be better in someway than the last.

6. Rise To Fame In 1942 he met Diego Rivera forming an internship
UNICEF chose his oil painting Los Ninos for a holiday card in 1960
Career then took off