Rosemary Zwick (1925–1995) was an American printmaker and sculptor. Born in

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, Zwick received her BFA at the

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in 1945; her teachers there included

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and Humberto Albrizio. She took evening classes in printmaking with Max Kahn at the

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from 1946 to 1947; from 1947 to 1948 she took education courses at

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, and in 1979 she studied aesthetics at the

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. She exhibited work around the United States, and created a number of ceramic reliefs and other commissions for public spaces in Michigan and Illinois. Her work is in various public and private collections including the

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and the

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. With her mother, Ida K. Pearce, Zwick ran the 4 Arts Gallery in Evanston from 1962 to 1980. She and her husband, Sidney Zwick, had four children, Andrew, Stephen, Somara, and Marissa.

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