Rosemary Zwick

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Rosemary Zwick
Born1925
Died1995 (aged 69–70)
NationalityAmerican
Education
Known forPrintmaking, sculpture
SpouseSidney Zwick

Rosemary Zwick (1925–1995) was an American printmaker and sculptor.

Born in Chicago, Zwick received her BFA at the University of Iowa in 1945; her teachers there included Phillip Guston and Humberto Albrizio. She took evening classes in printmaking with Max Kahn at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1946 to 1947; from 1947 to 1948 she took education courses at DePaul University, and in 1979 she studied aesthetics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She exhibited work around the United States, and created a number of ceramic reliefs and other commissions for public spaces in Michigan and Illinois. Her work is in various public and private collections[1] including the Art Institute of Chicago[2] and the Brooklyn Museum.[3] With her mother, Ida K. Pearce, Zwick ran the 4 Arts Gallery in Evanston from 1962 to 1980.[4] She and her husband, Sidney Zwick, had four children, Andrew, Stephen, Somara, and Marissa.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G., eds. (1995). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Garland Publishing. p. 599. ISBN 9780824060497. OCLC 31865530 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Rosemary Zwick". Art Institute of Chicago. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Fantasy by Rosemary Zwick (1954)". Brooklyn Museum. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Art winners show variety in dimension". The Skyscraper. XXXVIII (4). Mundelein College: 1. 26 October 1967. JSTOR community.34341832.
  5. ^ Puente, Teresa (5 February 1995). "Rosemary Zwick, Artist Known For Varied Styles In Multimedia". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.