Sylvia Edwards

Sylvia Anne Edwards (January 30, 1937 – October 25, 2018) There, she was influenced by Lawrence Kupferman, a Modernist painter who introduced his students to the work of artists Georges Braque, Piet Mondrian, and to the dynamics of cityscapes.

Edwards left college to marry an Iranian international student. They had their first daughter, Shirin, in 1958.

The biographers Mel Gooding and David Elliott chronicled her life and work in an eponymously named book Sylvia Edwards: A Monograph, released in 2002.

Art Sylvia Edwards is an abstract watercolor painter. She was influenced by Matisse, Klee, Milton Avery, and Mark Rothko.

Solo exhibitions London, England, Grosvenor Gallery, 2003 London, England, Chelsea Arts Club, 2000 Boca Grande, Florida, The Galleria, 2000 Falmouth, Massachusetts, Gallery Szent-Györgyi, 1998 Boca Grande, Florida, The Galleria, 1998 Oxford, England, CCA Gallery, 1996 Provincetown, Massachusetts, Sola Gallery, 1993 Vero Beach, Florida, Munson Gallery, 1992 Braunschweig, Germany, Jaeshke Gallery, 1991 Chatham, Massachusetts, Munson Gallery, 1991 Johannesburg, South Africa, Natalie Knight Gallery, 1991 Tokyo, Japan, Bankamura, 1991 Tokyo, Japan, Gallery K. Hyazaki Prefecture, 1991 Tokyo, Japan, Mitsukoshi Mihonbashi Branch, 1991 London, England, Berkley Square Gallery, 1991 Tokyo, Japan, Sony Plaza, 1991 Sarasota, Florida, The Salon Gallery, 1990 London, England, CCA Gallery, 1990 Singapore, Art Base Gallery, 1989 Tokyo, Japan, CCA Gallery, 1989 Osaka, Japan, The Nii Gallery, 1989 London, England, The Berkeley Square Gallery, 1988 Guernsey, Channel Isles, Coach House Gallery, 1986 London, England, Christopher Hull Gallery, 1985 London, England, Hamiltons Gallery, 1982 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Morehead Planetarium (UNC), 1982 Boston, Massachusetts, Parkman House, 1982 Boston, Massachusetts, Boston City Hall, 1981 London, England, Hamiltons Gallery, 1980 Alexandria, Egypt, Museum of Fine Arts, 1980 Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Old Sculpin Gallery, 1979 London, England, Belgrave Gallery, 1978 Geneva, Switzerland, CERN, 1977 Rolle, Switzerland, CH Gallery, 1976 Tehran, Iran, Iran American Society, 1975

Public collections

Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom Cape Museum of Fine Arts (Cape Cod), Dennis, Massachusetts Museum of Fine Arts, Alexandria, Egypt London Lighthouse, London, United Kingdom Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, Indiana