'Toronto Skyline' by Celia Rabinovitch, 1980, Canadian Woman Artist, Manitoba, Stanford, California College of Art, San Francisco Art Institute

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Signed lower right, 'Celia Rabinovitch' (Canadian, 20th century) and dated 1980; additionally titled, verso, on old label, 'Skyline', signed and … Read more Signed lower right, 'Celia Rabinovitch' (Canadian, 20th century) and dated 1980; additionally titled, verso, on old label, 'Skyline', signed and dated.

A substantial oil cityscape showing a moody evening view of the Toronto skyline with time-lapsed car headlights streaking red and yellow at right and a view beyond to the last of a dramatic sunset fading beneath stormy skies. A major, early work by this well-listed and well-exhibited Canadian artist and art-historian.

Born in Manitoba, Canada, Celia Rabinovitch first studied at the University of Manitoba (BFA) and, subsequently, at McGill University (PhD) and the University of Wisconsin (MFA, painting). Rabinovitch has held positions as director for Fine Arts at UC Berkeley-Extension; director of the School of Art, University of Manitoba, Canada, and has taught at California College of Art, the San Francisco Art Institute, Syracuse University and Stanford University.

Rabinovitch has exhibited internationally with success, including at the University of Colorado at Boulder (1988), Beck Center Museum, Cleveland (1992), Triton Museum, Santa Clara (1996, 1999), Manitoba Museum (2021), at the Biennale Internazionale dell' Arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy (1999) and in Vienna (2000). She is the recipient of numerous awards including as an artist in residence at the University of Victoria, Canada (2016), the John A. Sproul Memorial Fellow, Berkeley (2013), and from The Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Arts Council, and the Department of Foreign Affairs, Canada, for painting. See less