Yolanda Fusco (NY, Czech Republic 1920 - 2009) oil on board painting of a New England Town. Signed lower left. Size: 14 x 18 inches. Fusco studied at the Art Students League with Ernest Fiene, Harry Sternberg, and Vaclao Vytlacil, and also studied textile design at Pratt Institute. 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. 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, NY1979 – Sarah Winston Memorial Award – Oil, N.A.W.A.1981 – Sadie and Max Tesser Award – Audubon Artists, NY1984 – Pen and Brush Women – Merit Award – Daytona, Florida1986 – William Rahl Award – Watercolor – Daytona Art League, Florida 1987 – Pen and Brush Women – Litho – Best in Show – Daytona, Florida 1988 – Recognition Award – Oil – Daytona, Florida1990 – Recognition Award – Monoprint– Daytona, Florida 1993 – Merit Award – Nassau County Museum Memberships:National Association of Women Artists Long Island Art LeagueNew York Artists Equity Life Member – Art Students League of New York Monhegan Artists Summer Listing – Monhegan Island, Maine.