Sylvia Fein

Sylvia Fein
Born(1919-11-20)November 20, 1919
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedApril 1, 2024(2024-04-01) (aged 104)
California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Known forEgg tempera paintings, books
StyleSurrealism, magic realism
Spouse
William Scheuber
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(m. 1942; died 2013)​
Websitehttp://www.sylviafeinpainter.net/

Sylvia Fein (November 20, 1919 – April 1, 2024) was an American surrealist painter and author. Inspired by the quattrocento, Fein painted in egg tempera, which she made herself.[1][2][3] She studied painting at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she became part of a group of magical realist painters, including Gertrude Abercrombie, Marshall Glasier, John Wilde, Dudley Huppler, and Karl Priebe.[4][5] A newspaper described her as "Wisconsin’s Foremost Woman Painter."[6] Beginning in the 1940s, Fein lived for a time in Mexico, then in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, eventually settling in the town of Martinez. Her 100th birthday was marked with an exhibition at her alma mater, The University of California at Berkeley.[7]

  1. ^ Archives of American Art. "Sylvia Fein papers, 1936-2011". Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ Art Practical. "Sylvia Fein: Surreal Nature". Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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  4. ^ Cozzolino, Robert (2005). With friends: Six magic realists, 1940–1965. ISBN 0932900003.
  5. ^ "About Sylvia Fein". Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Sylvia Fein, one of America's foremost surrealists, lived and painted in Ajijic 1943-46". lakechapalaartists.com. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Sylvia Fein / MATRIX 275". www.bampfa.org. Retrieved 6 December 2019.