Sylvia Levine
1911–1998, English
Painting
Sylvia Levine began painting in 1956, taking art classes part-time at the West of England School of Art in Queens Road, Bristol, but little heeding the advice of tutors there. While buying supplies for the class, she purchased a flexible palette knife recommended by an employee at the art store. Her penchant for using this tool accounts for the impasto and rough surfaces of her oil paintings. Her subjects include nude figures, portraits, seascapes, still lifes, and the English countryside. She enjoyed frequenting galleries in London and once painted an interior scene of one.
Levine’s work was frequently featured in exhibitions held by the Royal Academy and has been shown at the Carl Hammer Gallery in Chicago, the Museum of American Folk Art in New York, and throughout England. She lived in Bristol until her death.
Portfolio of Work
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West Country Farmland
Oil on board
British
English Countryside With Donkey
Oil on board
British
Through the Window
Oil on board
British
Cornish Landscape with Donkeys, 1987
Oil on board
British
Dried Flowers, n.d.
Oil on board
British
Gertrude, n.d.
Oil on board
British
Nude Reading, 1980
Oil on board
British
Nude Seated at Mirror, 1986
Oil on board
British
Young Morris Dancer, n.d.
Oil on board
British
Untitled, n.d.
Oil on board
British
Untitled, 1980
Oil on board
British
Near Beachy Head - Sussex, 1986
Oil on board
British
Untitled, 1987
Oil on board
British
Dressed Model Seated, n.d.
Oil on board
British
Cornish Tin Mine
Oil on board
British
West Country Farmland
Oil on board
British
English Countryside With Donkey
Oil on board
British
Through the Window
Oil on board
British
Cornish Landscape with Donkeys, 1987
Oil on board
British
Dried Flowers, n.d.
Oil on board
British
Gertrude, n.d.
Oil on board
British
Nude Reading, 1980
Oil on board
British
Nude Seated at Mirror, 1986
Oil on board
British
Young Morris Dancer, n.d.
Oil on board
British
Untitled, n.d.
Oil on board
British
Untitled, 1980
Oil on board
British
Near Beachy Head - Sussex, 1986
Oil on board
British
Untitled, 1987
Oil on board
British
Dressed Model Seated, n.d.
Oil on board
British
Cornish Tin Mine
Oil on board
British
West Country Farmland
Oil on board
British
English Countryside With Donkey
Oil on board
British
Through the Window
Oil on board
British