Sylvia Dwyer

[1] Born Sylvia Bernice Feingold in Brooklyn, New York, Dwyer started drawing and painting at age 8.

As a painter, she was greatly influenced by El Greco and Francisco Goya, as evidenced in her figure drawing and composition.

As a member of the Publicity Club of New York, Inc., she was an art critic and assistant editor for the Long Island Post and other local papers.

In June 1947, she met and married Thomas Francis Dwyer, a leading political figure and labor negotiator in Brooklyn, New York.

Mr. Dwyer ran for Sheriff on the Communist Party ticket and was very active in working for the labor council in New York.