About the Artist

American, 1926–2023

Sonia Chusit was a painter and watercolorist whose work gained regional and national recognition in the mid-20th century. She studied at New York’s Music and Art High School, trained with Rufino Tamayo at the Brooklyn Museum, and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cooper Union. Her work was exhibited at institutions including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Butler Institute of American Art, and the Rackham Gallery in Ann Arbor. Chusit won a Michigan Watercolor Society Award for her painting The Sculptor, which toured the Midwest as part of the Society’s traveling exhibition.

Artist: Sonia Chusit (1926–2023)

Date of Creation: c. 1970

Medium: Graphite on Paper

Subject: Abstract

Dimensions: 14.5 x 15.75 x 2"

Framed: Yes

Signed: Yes

Signature Details: Signed lower right