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for Hilda Kristina Gustafson Lascari
1885 - 1937
Hilda Gustafson studied art in Sweden, Greece, and Southern Europe. She came to the United States in 1916 and that same year married Salvatore Lascari. The couple traveled in Europe from 1919 until 1927.
She won the Elizabeth N. Watrous Gold Medal from the National Academy twice: the first time in 1926 for Awakening, a standing draped figure holding a lotus bud; and in 1936 for Zephyr, a fountain figure. The latter also earned Lascari the National Arts Club Prize from the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors in 1927. Her Madonna and Child won the McClees Prize at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
In its high degree of finish and subject matter, Lascari's work reflects many years of studying classical sculpture. A memorial exhibition of her work was held at the Wildenstein Galleries in 1937 following her suicide.
She won the Elizabeth N. Watrous Gold Medal from the National Academy twice: the first time in 1926 for Awakening, a standing draped figure holding a lotus bud; and in 1936 for Zephyr, a fountain figure. The latter also earned Lascari the National Arts Club Prize from the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors in 1927. Her Madonna and Child won the McClees Prize at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
In its high degree of finish and subject matter, Lascari's work reflects many years of studying classical sculpture. A memorial exhibition of her work was held at the Wildenstein Galleries in 1937 following her suicide.
