Sylvia Spicuzza Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
American
Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, art deco, lyrical abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso and Ernest Max in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own unique sense of style, humor and fantasy. Exhibitions David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Education Northwestern University, MFA, Illinois(Biography provided by David Barnett Gallery)
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Artist: Sylvia Spicuzza
"Bleeding Hearts, " Original Botanical Watercolor signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bleeding Hearts" is an original watercolor on paper by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist stamped her signature on the lower right. This piece depicts a vine of bleeding heart flowers.
A...
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1950s Other Art Style Sylvia Spicuzza Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Paper
"Pansies" original crayon drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this small painting, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a simple trillium flower, the white petals framed by blue-green leaves.
4.5 x 8 inches, artwork
13 x 15 inches, fram...
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1950s Modern Sylvia Spicuzza Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Crayon
"Trillium" original watercolor painting by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this small painting, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a simple trillium flower, the white petals framed by blue-green leaves.
10 x 7.25 inches, artwork
19.75 x 17.25 inch...
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1950s Modern Sylvia Spicuzza Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
"Still Life with Artist's Hand" original watercolor signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This still life is an unusual example of Sylvia Spicuzza's work, as most of her most significant output are geometric and biomorphic abstract images. The objects in the image - a sea shell, a pitcher, a heavy necklace - are objects the artist likely had at home and staged for the image. But of particular significance is the insertion of the artist's hand, as though she was reaching into the still life while she was painting. The hand has been a significant symbol of the artist throughout art history as a source of creation: Albrecht Dürer's 'Self Portrait at the Age of Twenty-Eight' (1500) highlights the artist's hand much like traditional images of Christ giving gestures of blessing. Likewise, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's 'Self Portrait as a Soldier' (1915) shows the artist in military uniform but with a severed hand as a symbol of helplessness during the First World War. Another important comparison, given Spicuzza is a Midwestern artist, is Ivan Albright's magic realist work 'That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door)' at the Art Institute of Chicago. The massive painting...
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1950s Modern Sylvia Spicuzza Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
"Leaves & Berries" giclée print after ca. 1950s original watercolor and collage
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
14.75 x 17.75 inches, artwork
22.88 x 25.75 inches, frame
Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art ...
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1950s Modern Sylvia Spicuzza Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Giclée, Watercolor
"Milkweed Pod II #528" original charcoal drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this drawing, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a dark, subtle view of a milkweed pod, bursting forth with cotton. Examples like this show the ...
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1920s Naturalistic Sylvia Spicuzza Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal, Paper
"Biomorphic Flowers" original watercolor painting by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In the 1960s, Sylvia Spicuzza made several watercolor abstractions with biomorphic qualities like the one presented here. This example takes on the appearance of a flower, while the ...
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1960s Abstract Sylvia Spicuzza Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
"Vase of Flowers on Chartreuse Tablecloth, " Watercolor signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Vase of Flowers on Chartreuse Tablecloth" is a watercolor signed by Sylvia Spicuzza. This watercolor is of a simple flower arrangement. There are red tulips, blue, red, and pink chr...
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1950s American Modern Sylvia Spicuzza Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
"Red Vase of Flowers on Orange Tablecloth, " Watercolor signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Red Vase of Flowers on Orange Tablecloth" is a watercolor signed by Sylvia Spicuzza. This simple still life shows a vase on a table. Some of the flo...
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1950s Modern Sylvia Spicuzza Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
"Calla Lily, " Original Watercolor Botanical Drawing signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Calla Lily" is an original watercolor by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece "Miss Spicuzza" in the lower right. This piece depicts a calla lily blooming in various greens....
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1940s Neo-Expressionist Sylvia Spicuzza Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
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