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      Cappi Insinna

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      Cappi Insinna (1915-1992)

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      • Born Eleanor Cappelletti in 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio, “Cappi” Insinna defied the societal expectations for women during that time by becoming an artist, a vocation that she sought without much support from her family. An East Coast based painter, teacher and illustrator Cappi studied at the Cleveland School of Art and the Art Students League in the 1940s and served as the head of the Art Department in the St. Cecilia Catholic School system in New Jersey for eight years. Her art teachers and mentors were Robert Brackman (instructor Emeritus and disciple of Robert Henri), Rafael Soyer and Howard Trafton. Cappi exhibited widely in the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut art scene winning awards for her watercolors across the Tri-State area, New England, and Pennsylvania during the 1960s to 1980s. In 1986, Cappi relocated to New Mexico where she resided and painted every day until her death in 1992. Cappi was married to the Lost Art Salon collection artist Michael Insinna.

        In 1934, Cappi was awarded a scholarship to attend the renowned Cleveland School of Art in Ohio. She built on her success by winning a subsequent scholarship to study at the Art Students League, an independent art school in New York City, and consequently she moved to New York to continue her formal art training. Here she studied with the portraitist Robert Brackman and became his assistant for all four years she attended at the school. Brackman’s influence on Cappi’s work is present in her interest in the figure and nude female form. However, her brushstrokes are more gestural and looser than Brackman’s lending a more suggestive rather than naturalistic element to her work. Her subject matter also extends beyond the figure to include subtle landscapes and still lives. While at the Art Students League, Cappi also studied with Rafael Soyer and Howard Trafton whose lessons in pattern, design, and color had a lasting impact on her work. After graduating from the Art Students League, Cappi, along with her husband Michael, spent a summer studying at Institute Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

        In 1959 Cappi became the head of the Art Department in the St. Cecilia Catholic School system in New Jersey teaching for eight years. Later, after relocating to Westport, Connecticut in 1968, she became the Artist in Residence for three years at the Arts Council in Norwalk, Connecticut.

        Whilst living in Westport, Connecticut Cappi began her own teaching practice in her artist studio where she taught both young people and adults during the late 60s and early 70s. She also worked as a freelance illustrator for various books and magazines, including designing commemorative silver medallion series for Wittnauer Mint: Signs of the Zodiac, Mother's Day, among others. A lifelong member of the Art Students League, Cappi worked as a talent scout, for two years beginning in 1969 for the Famous Artists School in Westport, Connecticut, where her husband Michael taught.

        Cappi relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico, from Connecticut in 1986. While living in New Mexico she was very active in the art circuit there and continued to paint every day until her death in 1992. A great source of inspiration for Cappi was what she referred to as the “dramatic skies” of New Mexico, the ever-changing colors influencing her plein air landscapes. Along with these landscapes, she painted many figurative pieces drawing from both the Mexican and Native cultures found in New Mexico. Her pieces from this period are marked by their use of color, perhaps a return to the colors and figures that featured prominently in her work during her sabbatical in 1948 at the San Miguel de Allende Art Institute.

        Throughout her career Cappi exhibited widely in the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut art scene. Her work was awarded first prize in the New Jersey State Watercolor Show and she continued to win awards in Tri-State watercolors shows of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut as well as further afield in New England and Pennsylvania during the 1960s and 70s. During her time in New Mexico, Cappi also showed at number of galleries in Albuquerque, Corrales, and Santa Fe, including Argosy Gallery and Day Star International Gallery.
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      Dreamy Abstracted Landscape with Village <br>20th Century Watercolor <br><br>#A9555
      Dreamy Abstracted Landscape with Village
      20th Century Watercolor

      #A9555
      Cappi Insinna Sold $985
      <i>Musician</i> <br>1960s Oil <br><br>#A9462
      Musician
      1960s Oil

      #A9462
      Cappi Insinna Sold $565
      Abstracted Lake Scene with Boat <br>1960s Watercolor <br><br>#A9390
      Abstracted Lake Scene with Boat
      1960s Watercolor

      #A9390
      Cappi Insinna Sold $845
      Abstracted Stormy Coastal Scene <br>Mid Century Watercolor & Graphite <br><br>#A9410
      Abstracted Stormy Coastal Scene
      Mid Century Watercolor & Graphite

      #A9410
      Cappi Insinna Sold $745
      <i>Blue Mountains</i> <br>1980s Gouache <br><br>#A9456
      Blue Mountains
      1980s Gouache

      #A9456
      Cappi Insinna Sold $525
      Colorful Floral Still Life <br>1960s Gouache<br><br>#A9453
      Colorful Floral Still Life
      1960s Gouache

      #A9453
      Cappi Insinna Sold $425
      Abstracted New Mexico Landscape Deconstruction <br>1980s Gouache <br><br>#A9459
      Abstracted New Mexico Landscape Deconstruction
      1980s Gouache

      #A9459
      Cappi Insinna $525
      Stormy New Mexico Abstract <br>20th Century Watercolor <br><br>#A9480
      Stormy New Mexico Abstract
      20th Century Watercolor

      #A9480
      Cappi Insinna Sold $465
      Sunny Daisy Still Life<br>1970s Gouache <br><br>#A9454
      Sunny Daisy Still Life
      1970s Gouache

      #A9454
      Cappi Insinna Sold $445
      New England Farm Abstracted Landscape <br>1980s Gouache <br><br>#A9461
      New England Farm Abstracted Landscape
      1980s Gouache

      #A9461
      Cappi Insinna Sold $395
      Double-Sided Abstracted Floral Still Life II <br>1960s Gouache <br><br>A9467
      Double-Sided Abstracted Floral Still Life II
      1960s Gouache

      A9467
      Cappi Insinna $265
      Double-Sided Abstracted Floral Still Life I <br>1960s Gouache <br><br>#A9463
      Double-Sided Abstracted Floral Still Life I
      1960s Gouache

      #A9463
      Cappi Insinna Sold $295
      <i>Shoreline</i>, Westport, CT<br>1980s Watercolor <br><br>#A9455
      Shoreline, Westport, CT
      1980s Watercolor

      #A9455
      Cappi Insinna Sold $445
      Collecting Shells at Cape Cod <br>1980s Watercolor <br><br>#A9474
      Collecting Shells at Cape Cod
      1980s Watercolor

      #A9474
      Cappi Insinna Sold $395
      <i>Beach</i>, Westport, CT <br><br>1980s Watercolor <br><br>#A9470
      Beach, Westport, CT

      1980s Watercolor

      #A9470
      Cappi Insinna Sold $345
      <i>San Miguel D'Avenue</i> <br>1940s Watercolor <br><br>#A9471
      San Miguel D'Avenue
      1940s Watercolor

      #A9471
      Cappi Insinna $385
      Quiet Mexican Village Landscape <br>1960-80s Watercolor <br><br>#A9479
      Quiet Mexican Village Landscape
      1960-80s Watercolor

      #A9479
      Cappi Insinna $385
      Abstracted New England Landscape <br>1970s Watercolor & Graphite <br><br>#A9472
      Abstracted New England Landscape
      1970s Watercolor & Graphite

      #A9472
      Cappi Insinna $475
      Chicken-Coop, Comehaut <br>1960s Watercolor & Graphite <br><br>#A9477
      Chicken-Coop, Comehaut
      1960s Watercolor & Graphite

      #A9477
      Cappi Insinna $235
      <i>Beach</i>, Westport, CT <br><br>1980s Watercolor <br><br>#A9469
      Beach, Westport, CT

      1980s Watercolor

      #A9469
      Cappi Insinna $345
      <i>Backyard, Connecticut</i> <br>1960-80s Gouache <br><br>#A9478
      Backyard, Connecticut
      1960-80s Gouache

      #A9478
      Cappi Insinna Sold $295
      Abstracted Connecticut Landscape <br>1960s Watercolor <br><br>#A9476
      Abstracted Connecticut Landscape
      1960s Watercolor

      #A9476
      Cappi Insinna $395
      <i>Barn at the Mill Pond</i> <br>1960s Watercolor <br><br>#A9475
      Barn at the Mill Pond
      1960s Watercolor

      #A9475
      Cappi Insinna $475
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