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R. G. Bell CITY BRIDGE Oil Painting c1960

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Medium: oil on canvas
Title: City Bridge
Artist: R. G. Bell
Year: c1960
Frame Dimensions: 23.5 " by 29 "

Condition/Details: Rosalind Goldstein Bell (1912-1990) was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her parents owned a small neighborhood grocery store and wanted the best for their children. Rosalind attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where she earned a bachelor's degree in English with a minor in Music. She was an accomplished pianist and mezzo soprano. Roz spent many years as a concert singer, and was a personal friend of the renowned, late tenor, Jan Peerce and his late wife Alice. Rosalind and her husband, a violinist, moved to New York during the 1950s, and were a part of the Long Island and Manhattan music world. Friends included the late well-known cellist, Leonard Rose (1918-84) and his family. Roz's only child, a daughter, followed in her parents' musical footsteps: She sang in operas, operettas and musicals.During family summer vacations, Rosalind had always had a penchant for sketching the beautiful landscapes around Wisconsin inland lakes. In her later years on Long Island, she concentrated on painting and sketching, using oils, water colors and acrylics. She studied with the American Modernist painter, Frank Kleinholz (1901-1987). In 1983, she and her husband moved to Ithaca, New York to be near their daughter. Despite failing health, Roz continued to paint and had an exhibit at the White Apple Gallery on State Street during the 1980s. The only thing she really regretted was her eventual loss of enough strength to put onto canvas more of her very numerous, colorful preliminary sketches. These are in the process of being put into albums. She wanted very much to share her art with the world, and would be thrilled to know that people are finding pleasure in her legacy.Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for will be: $18.50

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