Ada Rasario Cecere

Ada Rasario Cecere (February 26, 1893 – 1981) was an American painter, muralist, artist, and educator from New York. 

Ada Rasario Cecere was born Ada Matilda Mary Rasario in 1893 in New York City, New York, to Stanislausio Rasario and Rosa Lupi.

She studied art at Art Students League, National Academy of Design, and Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, New York City. She also traveled in Europe and attended art schools in Paris, France, and Rome, Italy. While in Rome, she met her future husband, American sculptor Gaetano Cecere.

In 1941, Cecere fulfilled a commission for the U.S. Treasury Department, designing a mural for the S.S. President Jackson. In 1947, she created a sand-carved mural for the National Competition of the Treasury Department. 

From 1947 to 1972, she taught painting classes in her studio. She also taught at Pike County Arts and Crafts in Milford, Pennsylvania, where she was part of the original committee.

Cecere's artwork is held at the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science in Norfolk, Virginia; the Oklahoma City Museum; the Ohio University Founder's Collection, and others. Her murals are also in several New York hotels.

• Salons of America, 1923
• Brooklyn Museum, 1936, 1960
• National Association of Women Artists, 1930-1969 (prizes in 1943, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968)
• American Watercolor Society, 1928-1933, 1946, 1952-1958, 1960, 1962, 1965-1967
• Architectural League, 1928-1933
• Ferargil Galleries, 1928-1929
• Argent Galleries, 1930-1952
• Newport Art Association, 1944
• Dayton Art Institute, 1945
• Audubon Art, 2948-1952
• Pen and Brush Club, 1950, 1951
• Albright Art Gallery, 1951
• Richmond Museum traveling Exhibitions, 1960-1972
• Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1963 (solo; award)
• Allied Artists of America, 1968 (Maria Cantarella Memorial Prize)

• Member and Director of Audubon Art in 1962 to 1964, 1968, and 1969
• Member and served on the advisory board of the National Association of Women Artists in 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, and 1968
• Member of the American Watercolor Society, New York City, New York
• Member of the Pen and Brush Club, New York
• Member of Knickerbocker Art, New York City, New York
• Member of Allied Artists of America

Cecere married American sculptor Gaetano Cecere on January 7, 1924, in New York City. The two had met when she was studying in Rome, Italy.

Cecere died in 1981 at the age of 87 in New York City, New York.