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1895 Fargo, North Dakota - 1942 New York City. Known for: Stone figure sculpture, wood carving.
The following is from the newspaper, Reading Eagle, November 30, 2005, Reading, Pennsylvania. "Modest Berks cottage yields treasures of art . The late Grace Zaparata held onto the works. of her... Read full biography
The following is from the newspaper, Reading Eagle, November 30, 2005, Reading, Pennsylvania. "Modest Berks cottage yields treasures of art . The late Grace Zaparata held onto the works. of her famous ex-husband; auction is scheduled" . By Don Spatz . Senior Reporter . For half a century, Grace... Read full biography
The following is from the newspaper, Reading Eagle, November 30, 2005, Reading, Pennsylvania. "Modest Berks cottage yields treasures of art . The late Grace Zaparata held onto the works. of her famous ex-husband; auction is scheduled" . By Don Spatz . Senior Reporter . For half a century, Grace Zaparata and her husband, Sebastian, lived quietly and frugally in a tiny Rockland Township cottage adjacent to the Sally Ann Furnace mansion. People knew Grace only as a popular teacher's aide in the... Read full biography
The following is from the newspaper, Reading Eagle, November 30, 2005, Reading, Pennsylvania. "Modest Berks cottage yields treasures of art . The late Grace Zaparata held onto the works. of her famous ex-husband; auction is scheduled" . By Don Spatz . Senior Reporter . For half a century, Grace Zaparata and her husband, Sebastian, lived quietly and frugally in a tiny Rockland Township cottage adjacent to the Sally Ann Furnace mansion. People knew Grace only as a popular teacher's aide in the Jewish Community Center in Reading for nearly 30 years, retiring in the mid-1980s. What they didn't know was her past, and the art treasures stored with her memories at the cottage. Grace died in 1995 at age 87. Sebastian passed on last fall at age 92.... Read full biography
The following is from the newspaper, Reading Eagle, November 30, 2005, Reading, Pennsylvania. "Modest Berks cottage yields treasures of art . The late Grace Zaparata held onto the works. of her famous ex-husband; auction is scheduled" . By Don Spatz . Senior Reporter . For half a century, Grace Zaparata and her husband, Sebastian, lived quietly and frugally in a tiny Rockland Township cottage adjacent to the Sally Ann Furnace mansion. People knew Grace only as a popular teacher's aide in the Jewish Community Center in Reading for nearly 30 years, retiring in the mid-1980s. What they didn't know was her past, and the art treasures stored with her memories at the cottage. Grace died in 1995 at age 87. Sebastian passed on last fall at age 92. Their attorney, Gerald P. Sigal, asked Fleetwood auctioneer George V. Miller IV to... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Woodstock, New York
Art Association
- •National Sculpture Society
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art School
- •Minneapolis Institute of Art, Student
- •Minneapolis School of Fine Art, College Art & Design, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Edith and Milton Lowenthal
Added Description
- •Animal Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
- •Woodstock Art Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Weyhe Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Sculpture Society-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art