Lot 177: Yolanda Fusco (NY, Czech Republic 1920 - 2009)

Yolanda Fusco (NY, Czech Republic 1920 - 2009) Oil on canvas of a street scene. Inscribed verso.Size: 20 x 16 inches, unframed. Born in Czechoslovakia in 1920, Yolanda Fusco came to New York City at the age of ten, and she started painting at the age of twelve. She studied at the Art Students League with Ernest Fiene, Harry Sternberg, and Vaclao Vytlacil, and also studied textile design at Pratt Institute. She then worked in textile design, and taught art clubs and adult education. She married a chemist and had two children. She first visited Monhegan at the urging of artist friends in the summer of 1959 and became a founding member of the Women Artists of Monhegan Island. She died in Scarborough Maine, August 2009. Solo Exhibitions: Village Art Center Gallery, New York City Elmont Library, Long Island, NY Waldinger Memorial Library 1993 – Art League of Daytona Beach Two Person Shows: 1985 – Hewlitt-Woodmere Public Library, Long Island, NY 1986 – Art League of Daytona Beach, Florida Group Shows: C.W. Post College, Long Island, NY North Shore Artists, Long Island, NY Heckscher Museum, Long Island, NY Farleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey Columbia University, New York City Lever House, New York City Audubon Artists, New York City National Association of Women Artists Group and Traveling Exhibitions Adelphi University, Soho, New York City On Island, Women Artists of Monhegan, Portland, ME Museum Collections: Monhegan Museum of Art and History Owen Art Gallery at Gould Academy Awards: New York City Scholarship to Art Students League of New York 1962 – Top Award – Watercolor – Village Art Center Gallery 1966 – 1st Prize, Black & White – Long Island Art League, NY 1979 – Sarah Winston Memorial Award – Oil, N.A.W.A. 1981 – Sadie and Max Tesser Award – Audubon Artists, NY 1984 – Pen and Brush Women – Merit Award – Daytona, Florida 1986 – William Rahl Award – Watercolor – Daytona Art League, Florida 1987 – Pen and Brush Women – Litho – Best in Show – Daytona, Florida 1988 – Recognition Award – Oil – Daytona, Florida 1990 – Recognition Award – Monoprint– Daytona, Florida 1993 – Merit Award – Nassau County Museum Memberships: National Association of Women Artists Long Island Art League New York Artists Equity Life Member – Art Students League of New York Monhegan Artists Summer Listing – Monhegan Island, Maine Publications: 1979 – National Association of Women Artists Catalog 1981 – Audubon Artists Catalog Who’s Who in American Art Reviewed: Allied Publications – 1962 – Page 17 (Prize Winner of Watercolor) Art News Herald Tribune Newsday Village Voice