Monhegan Island Modernist Artist Yolanda Fusco. Maine Village Landscape Painting

Description: For sale is a charming modernist town scape oil painting by the New York and Monhegan island, modernist artist Yolanda Fusco (1920 - 2009) Said to be a townscape scene of a small town in Maine but there is no identifying information on the reverse. The artist worked in New York, Monhegan Island, and Main, so it could be one of several locations, but it certainly has that look of a small town in a quaint little village in Maine. Oil on canvas board and circa 1950's or so in age. Appears to possibly be one of her earlier works. She moved to an even more modernist style in her career. The painting is done in an almost birdseye vantage point. Certainly up on a mountain or hill looking down into the small village dotted with home, factories, bridges, smokestacks, water towers, farms and grain silos. All the things one would expect to find in a small village. Surrounded by gentle rolling hills in the distance. Just a wonderful and charming paintings by the artist. We expect us to sell pretty fast because we don't really see these works by her for sale much!! Unframed as acquired. Condition: The painting has some bowing to it more so on one side. We put it in a modern frame so see how it would frame up and it does flatten out with a backer board. But it may need some conservation for future preservation. A few areas of black color scuffs (ink?) on the surface and the typical paint loss around the frame edges along with some canvas wear to the corners and side edges. A vertical surface line of paint scrape loss running vertically through the tressel bridge to the sky. See all detailed pics. Ask any questions should you have any prior to purchase All easily remedied by a restorer. And the painting is very deserving of one. Measurements: 14" x 18" 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

Price: 450 USD

Location: Kingston, New York

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