Yolanda
Fusco 1920-2009 large original signed canvas oil painting - female portrait
New York provenance
ARTIST
BIOGRAPHY
Born in
Czechoslovakia in 1920, Yolanda Fusco arrived in New York City at the age of ten,
and began painting at the age of twelve. A highly respected artist, she studied at the Art Students
League with Ernest Fiene, Harry Sternberg, and Vaclao Vytlacil, and also
studied textile design at Pratt Institute.
The artist
worked in textile design, and taught art clubs and adult education. She first
visited Monhegan at the urging of artist friends in the summer of 1959 and
became a founding member of the Women Artists of Monhegan Island. In an
explanation of her theory of art, Fusco said she liked to simplify things.
"Like poetry, a painting should be the essence of thought and vision.
That's how I feel about it."
Awards:
New York
City Scholarship to Art Students League of New York
1962 – Top
Award – Watercolour – Village Art Center Gallery
1966 – 1st
Prize, Black & White – Long Island Art League, NY
1979 – Sarah
Winston Memorial Award – Oil, N.A.W.A.
1981 – Sadie
and Max Tesser Award – Audubon Artists, NY
1984 – Pen
and Brush Women – Merit Award – Daytona, Florida
1986 –
William Rahl Award – Watercolour – Daytona Art League, Florida
1987 – Pen
and Brush Women – Litho – Best in Show – Daytona, Florida
1988 –
Recognition Award – Oil – Daytona, Florida
1990 –
Recognition Award – Monoprint– Daytona, Florida
1993 – Merit
Award – Nassau County Museum
Memberships:
National
Association of Women Artists
Long Island
Art League
New York
Artists Equity
Life Member
– Art Students League of New York
Monhegan
Artists Summer Listing – Monhegan Island, Maine
Publications:
1979 –
National Association of Women Artists Catalog
1981 –
Audubon Artists Catalog
ITEM
DESCRIPTION
Fantastic
large original oil painting on canvas, depicting a female nude portrait. The
painting is in perfect original condition, and is framed and glazed. Silver coloured aluminium frame
measures 545mm x 445mm. Oil painting measures approximately 498mm x 395mm. Please
see the photographs which form part of the description - please excuse the reflections on some of the photographs, as the painting is behind glass.
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Yolanda
Fusco 1920-2009