Mabel Alvarez papers

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Mabel Alvarez papers

1898-1987

The papers of Mabel Alvarez (1898-1985) measure 2.3 linear feet and date from 1898-1987. The collection documents both her painting career as well as her personal life through correspondence, original writings, sketches, printed material, diaries and journals, financial records, and scrapbooks.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6630340

Archives of American Art

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Alvarez, Mabel, 1891-1985

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B. 1891 d. 1985. From the description of Mabel Alvarez artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432327 Painter; Los Angeles, Calif. Born in Hawaii, moved to Los Angeles, Calif. while a child. Studied with William Vincent Cahill and Stanton Macdonald-Wright and specialized in portraiture, especially of children. From the description of Mabel Alvarez papers, 1898-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81603856 ...

Mabel Alvarez

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Mabel Alvarez (1891-1985) established her career as a portrait painter in California. Born in Hawaii, she moved to Los Angeles as a child and later studied with Stanton Macdonald Wright. Her early work was characterized by interests in Symbolism and Art Nouveau as well as the influences of Impressionism. Alvarez also studied with William Cahill at the School for Illustration and Painting which Cahill founded with John Hubbard Rich in 1914. As a young woman, Alvarez was i...

San Joaquin Pioneer Museum.

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Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973

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American artist; co-founder of the Synchromism movement. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [postmarked Santa Monica], to Morgan Russell, 1929 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606816 Painter; Los Angeles, California. From the description of Oral history interview with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, 1967 May 26 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81393723 "Noted American painter Stanton Macdonald-Wright ... was hired to p...

Honolulu academy of arts

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Otis Art Institute

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