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Sylvia Spicuzza"Self-Portrait With Student Creating a Mobile" watercolor by Sylvia Spicuzzaca. 1950
ca. 1950
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In this watercolor, Sylvia Spicuzza presents us with a self portrait, constructing a mobile with one of her young students. 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 is dressed in an artist's smock, covered with a floral design. The student, a young girl, looks upward as her teacher helps her tie a string.
17.5 x 15 inches, artwork
24.63 x 21.5 inches, frame
Signed lower right
Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. 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, Kandinsky and Max Ernst 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.
- Creator:Sylvia Spicuzza (American)
- Creation Year:ca. 1950
- Dimensions:Height: 24.63 in (62.57 cm)Width: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Milwaukee, WI
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Sylvia Spicuzza
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
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