Yolanda Fusco Watercolor Painting of Woman in Red Jacket

Item Details

Yolanda Fusco (New York/Czech Republic, 1920 – 2009)
Untitled (woman in red jacket), mid to late 20th century
Watercolor painting on paper
Unsigned

Born in 1920, in former Czechoslovakia, Yolanda Fusco (born Yolanda Orminsky) moved with her family to New York City at the age of ten. Showing interest in art from an early age, Fusco took advantage of New York’s institutions and furthered her technical education at the Art Students League studying with Ernest Fiene, Harry Sternberg, and Vaclao Vytlacil, and later studied textile design at Pratt Institute. Fusco married a chemist and had two children but continued to pursue her passion for art via her job as a textile designer and through teaching art to adults at various art clubs. Falling in love with Monhegan Island after a short visit at the urging of her friends, Fusco proceeded to paint the islands scenery many times and has become known for her sparse abstract depictions of it. Her other subject include female nudes, interior painting and cityscapes. Today Fusco’s art can be found in the Monhegan Museum of Art and History and Owen Art Gallery at Gould Academy as well as in a number of private collections.

Condition

- toning to paper; abrasions and wear to the edges of sheet.

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Item #

ITMG722533