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Celia Rabinovitch
'Toronto Skyline', Berkeley, Stanford, San Francisco Art Institute, Woman Artist

1980

$6,000
£4,549.51
€5,254.63
CA$8,418.37
A$9,377.87
CHF 4,946.68
MX$113,709.60
NOK 62,928.90
SEK 58,622.26
DKK 39,238.38

About the Item

'Toronto Sunset' by Celia Rabinovitch, 1980. Berkeley, Stanford, San Francisco Art Institute, Woman Artist ---- Signed lower right, 'Celia Rabinovitch' (Canadian, 20th century) and dated 1980; additionally titled, verso, on old label, 'Skyline', signed and dated. A substantial oil cityscape showing the Toronto skyline at dusk with time-lapsed headlights streaking red and yellow and a view beyond to the last vestiges of a dramatic sunset fading beneath stormy skies. We are pleased to offer a major, early work by this well-listed Canadian artist. Born in Manitoba, Canada, Celia Rabinovitch first studied at the University of Manitoba (BFA) and, subsequently, at McGill University (PhD) and the University of Wisconsin (MFA, painting). She has held academic positions including Director for Fine Arts at UC Berkeley-Extension and director of the School of Art, University of Manitoba, Canada, and has also taught at California College of Art, the San Francisco Art Institute, Syracuse University and Stanford University. Rabinovitch has exhibited internationally with success, including at the University of Colorado at Boulder (1988), Beck Center Museum, Cleveland (1992), Triton Museum, Santa Clara (1996, 1999), Manitoba Museum (2021), at the Biennale Internazionale dell' Arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy (1999) and in Vienna (2000). She is the recipient of numerous awards including as an artist in residence at the University of Victoria, Canada (2016), the John A. Sproul Memorial Fellow, Berkeley (2013), and from The Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Arts Council, and the Department of Foreign Affairs, Canada, for painting.
  • Creator:
    Celia Rabinovitch
  • Creation Year:
    1980
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 48.25 in (122.56 cm)Width: 72.25 in (183.52 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    minor restoration, minor losses; unframed. shows well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU34416751952

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