biography of Elyse WASILE (1920)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: Nassau, Bahamas

Profession: Painter, designer

Studied: Univ. Calif., Los Angeles.

Exhibited: South Florida Fair & Expos, 1960; Bahamas Art Soc., Nassau, 1967; Nassau Art Gallery Ann., 1970s. Awards: blue ribbon, South Florida Fair & Expos, 1960.

Member: IIC Nat. Gallery, London; Bahamas Hist. Soc.

Work: Nassau Art Gallery, Bahamas; Commonwealth of Bahamas Post Office, Nassau. Commissions: murals, Widner Estate, Palm Beach, FL, 1951, Palm Beach Int. Airport, 1960 & Nassau Beach Hotel, 1961; definitive stamp issue (1915), P.O. Dept., Bahamas, 1971.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics, gouache, oils.

Sources: WW73; Jody Allan, Women in Unusual Jobs (1967), Nancy Savage, Paintings & Restoration," 1969 & "Stamp Designing," 1971, Nassau Tribune.