Marta Adams Papers

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Marta Adams Papers

circa 1914-circa 1991

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The papers of sculptor, painter, and writer Marta Adams measure 4.2 linear feet, and date from circa 1914 to circa 1991. In 1935, Adams made her first visit to Mexico, and began spending more time there than in the United States. There, she met Diego Rivera who stimulated her interest in oil painting. In 1952 she moved to Mexico permanently. Found within are biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, legal and estate papers, printed materials, photographic material, one mixed-media scrapbook, and artwork, including three portfolios of lithographs, 30 Grabados de Galo Galecio,1946, containing 30 engraving prints by Galecio and Estampas de la Revolucion Mexicana, 1947, containing 85 engraving prints by 16 artists of the Taller de Gracia Popular, and Drawings: Seymour Swetzoff, 1949.

4.2 Linear feet

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Adams, Marta, 1891-1978

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Painter, sculptor, writer; Boston, Mass. and Mexico. Born Marta Arnstem in Germany in 1891 or 1893, she emigrated to Massachusetts, ca. 1915, and married Edward Brinley Adams in 1916. Her husband died in 1922. She apprenticed with sculptor Hans Stangl in Munich during the winter of l925?. Animals were her favorite subject then, as they were for most of her life. In 1935, she made her first visit to Mexico, and subsequently spent more time there than in the United States....

Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913

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Born in poverty in 1852, Jose Guadalupe Posada (b. February 31, 1853-d. January 20, 1913) became the "Printmaker to the Mexican People," an influence on future Mexican artists such as Orozco and Rivera, and is often compared to such icons as Goya and Daumier. Posada is labelled an artist, a folk illustrator and a political cartoonist; no matter how he is categorized, it is clear that, through his prolific career, "an inarticulate public found expression." Posada left his ...

Zalce, Alfredo, 1908-2003

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GALECIO, GALO

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