Representative Art Works of Ivy Bottini
Context: Ivy studied at Pratt Institute from 1944 to 1947, where she obtained a certificate in advertising design and illustration. After graduation she worked in several art agencies in NYC and then completed a 16 year career at Newsday where she was illustrator and art director. She left Newsday when she moved to California in 1971.
Ivy was married to Edward Bottini in 1952. Laura, their first daughter was born January 1953. They bought a Levittown house, on Long Island in New York State, in 1955. Lisa, their second daughter was bom June 1956. Ivy and her then-husband owned and operated three art galleries on Long Island, New York between 1960 and 1965. The galleries concentrated on presenting new artists' work. Ivy chose to not exhibit her own art in their galleries. She did, however, exhibit in other galleries on Long Island.