Sylvia Rutkoff Art
American, 1919-2011
Sylvia Weinreb Rutkoff (1919-2011)
Born in Wisconsin in 1919 and painted in New York.
Arts Magazine called her work a “happy wedding of the natural image to the violent immediacy of the expressionist idiom.” She has been described as “vital” by the New York Herald Tribune and as an “outstanding colorist” by the New York Times. Her non-objective paintings of oils, sand and acrylics are done with intensity and simplicity.
She received numerous reviews including this one from the well regarded art critic, Gregory Battock: “Highly sophisticated textures that speak firmly and imaginatively contribute a lot to the Art Brut works by this artist. One thinks of a gay and colorful Dubuffet. Miss Rutkoff offers naive and primitive images in a refreshing and delightful manner”
The cache of paintings by Sylvia Rukoff was recently acquired through her great nephew. This important new discovery of American art is now being offered for sale.
1939 Hunter College in New York City, MA in Painting and Art History
1958 Art Student League
Shows Include:
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
International Young Artists Exhibition, Tokyo 1962
Caravan Gallery, New York (two one-woman shows) 1961, 1963
Capricorn Gallery, New York NY
Osaka University Art Gallery, Japan
Loeb Gallery, New York University, New York, NY
Gallimaufry Gallery, Croton-On-Hudson
Women’s Interart Center
Key Gallery, Soho, New York, NY
Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey
National Juried Show, Summit Art Center, New Jersey
Creative Gallery, New York, NY
The Riverside Museum, New York, NY
Sylvia taught art in the summers at Lehigh University in the 60s/70s, and was the Director of the Art Workshop in the Graduate School Fairleigh Dickinson University.
She belonged to a group of artists called the Vectors, a group which included the Abstract Expressionists Ben Wilson, Frances Manacher, Rhoda Sklar, and Julius, Mary Shier and others.(Biography provided by MGH Discovered Art)
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Artist: Sylvia Rutkoff
"Crossed Arms" Mid Century Abstract Expressionist NYC Female Artist
By Sylvia Rutkoff
Located in Arp, TX
Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011)
Sr5-1
c.1960s
“Crossed Arms”
Acrylic on Masonite
36x42 period frame
Unsigned
Collection acquired from family estate
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sylvia Rutkoff Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Across the River" Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Female Artist
By Sylvia Rutkoff
Located in Arp, TX
Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011)
Sr14-1
“Across the River”
Oil on canvas
36x24 unframed
Unsigned
Collection acquired from family estate
*Custom framing availa...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sylvia Rutkoff Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Cowboy" Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Female Artist
By Sylvia Rutkoff
Located in Arp, TX
Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011)
Sr11-1
c.1960s
“The Cowboy”
Oil impasto on Masonite
42x36 period frame
Signed on reverse in pencil
Collection acquired from family estate
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sylvia Rutkoff Art
Materials
Oil, Masonite
"Girl with Beret" Impasto Mid Century Abstract Expressionism NYC Female Artist
By Sylvia Rutkoff
Located in Arp, TX
Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011)
Sr9-1
c.1950s
"Girl with Beret"
Impasto oil paint on Masonite
32x32 period frame
Collection acquired from family estate
*Custom framing available for addit...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sylvia Rutkoff Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Girl with Doll" Impasto Mid Century Abstract Expressionism NYC Female Artist
By Sylvia Rutkoff
Located in Arp, TX
Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011)
sr2-1
c.1950s
“Girl with Doll”
Impasto oil paint on Masonite
30x24 framed wood period frame
Label on reverse
Collection acqui...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sylvia Rutkoff Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
1950s "The Schoolgirl" Oil and Sand Figurative Painting NYC Brooklyn Museum
By Sylvia Rutkoff
Located in Arp, TX
Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011)
26-1
"The Schoolgirl"
c.1950s
Oil paint, sand on Masonite
36x48 wood period frame
Unsigned
Collection acquired from family estate
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sylvia Rutkoff Art
Materials
Gesso, Masonite, Oil
1950s "Boy With Mittens" Oil Impasto Figurative Painting Brooklyn Museum Artist
By Sylvia Rutkoff
Located in Arp, TX
Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011)
Sr10-1
c.1950s
“Boy with Mittens”
Oil impasto on Masonite
36x42.5 black wood gallery frame
Signed on reverse in paint
Collection acquired from family estat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Sylvia Rutkoff Art
Materials
Gesso, Masonite, Oil
1950s "Traffic" Oil and Sand Abstract Painting NYC Brooklyn Museum
By Sylvia Rutkoff
Located in Arp, TX
Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011)
"Traffic"
c.1950s
Oil, sand, grout, gesso on masonite
48"x36" wood period frame
Signed on reverse in pencil
Collection acquired from family estate
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Mid-20th Century Modern Sylvia Rutkoff Art
Materials
Gesso, Masonite, Oil
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