The Sylvia Davis Patricelli Art Foundation recently donated two portraits painted by Patricelli to a West Hartford church and a local country club.
A portrait of Sister Pietra, an Ursuline Nun of the Hartford Diocese, was painted in 1950. The nuns were given special dispensation to visit at Patricelli’s home in West Hartford to take weekly art lessons from her. The portrait of Sister Pietra was received by Father Dolan of the Timothy Parish in West Hartford.
Another Patricelli portrait, done in 1985, of the late John Murphy, country club head professional and Connecticut PGA member for 40 years. Henry Wrotiak, president of the Country Club of Farmington accepted the portrait, which will be featured in the “John Murphy” room overlooking the golf course.