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Mary Ammirato-Collins
Mary Ammirato-Collins
Born	April 3, 1908; Houston, Texas, US
Died	Unknown
Nationality	American
Other names	Mary Collins Ammirato
Occupation(s)	artist, poet

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Mary Ammirato-Collins (or Mary Collins Ammirato, born April 3, 1908, date of death unknown) was an American artist from Houston, Texas.

Ammirato-Collins was a student at the Académie Julian in Paris.^[1] She exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1937. Mary also had a showing of her enamels on copper during a visit to the US in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary lived in the Canary Islands with husband Claudio Ammirato, who was an artist and composer, and a physicist. Both who were long time friends of heiress Eleanor Post Hutton. Mary was a travel companion of Eleanor's and also a Ziegfeld Follies girl in New York City where she met Claudio.

Ammirato-Collins wrote the libretto for her husband's opera, Paradise Lost (A comedy for Modern Times).^[2]

Selected exhibitions

1973 – Woodstock Gallery, London, United Kingdom (first one-woman exhibition)
1974 – Art Alliance, Philadelphia, United States (first American exhibition)
1976 – Casino de Tenerife [es], Spain
1976 – Provincial Palace, Zaragoza, Spain

Books

Ammirato was the author of several books of poems, some of which were illustrated by her husband Claudio Ammirato:

The Beach at Sierra Helada (1935)
Tapestry of Sleep (1936)
Dustless Beauty (1937)
Palm Tree Daughters (1938)
Red Apples of Fall (1947)
Spring in Olympus (1939).

References

^ Benezit Dictionnary of Artists
^ Senior, Evan (1970). Music and Musicians. London: Hansom Books. OCLC 1758885.

General references

Weisberg, Gabriel P.; Becker, Jane R. (1999). Overcoming All Obstacles: The Women of the Académie Julian. New York: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-2756-7.
Hamilton, Gerald (1976). Expone Mary Collins Ammirato. Madrid: Istituto Italiano di Cultura. OCLC 501154660.
Woodstock Gallery (1973). "Catalogue of exhibit 24 April to 12 May 1973". Enamels. London. OCLC 501154659.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[1] Benezit Dictionnary of Artists

[2] Senior, Evan (1970). Music and Musicians. London: Hansom Books. OCLC 1758885.

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-'''Mary Ammirato-Collins''' (or Mary Collins Ammirato, born April 3, 1908, date of death unknown) was an artist and poet born in [[Houston]], Texas. She was a student at the [[Académie Julian]] in Paris.<ref>[http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00004138?rskey=v6XacJ&result=1 Benezit Dictionnary of Artists]</ref> She exhibited at the [[Société des Artistes Indépendants|Salon des Indépendants]] in 1937. Mary also had a showing of her enamels on copper during a visit to the USA in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary lived with husband Claudio also an artist and composer in the Canary Islands, both who were long time friends of heiress [[Eleanor Post Hutton]].  Mary was a travel companion of Eleanor's and also a [[Ziegfeld Follies]] girl in New York City where she met Claudio.  Mary has three surviving great nieces in America.
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+'''Mary Ammirato-Collins''' (or Mary Collins Ammirato, born April 3, 1908, date of death unknown) was an American artist from Houston, Texas.
-She wrote the [[libretto]] for her husband's opera, ''Paradise Lost (A comedy for Modern Times)''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Senior|first=Evan|title=Music and Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tvYJAQAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Hansom Books|location=London|oclc=1758885}}</ref>
+Ammirato-Collins was a student at the [[Académie Julian]] in Paris.<ref>[http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00004138?rskey=v6XacJ&result=1 Benezit Dictionnary of Artists]</ref> She exhibited at the [[Société des Artistes Indépendants|Salon des Indépendants]] in 1937. Mary also had a showing of her enamels on copper during a visit to the US in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary lived in the [[Canary Islands]] with husband Claudio Ammirato, who was an artist and composer, and a physicist. Both who were long time friends of heiress [[Eleanor Post Hutton]].  Mary was a travel companion of Eleanor's and also a [[Ziegfeld Follies]] girl in New York City where she met Claudio.
+Ammirato-Collins wrote the [[libretto]] for her husband's opera, ''Paradise Lost (A comedy for Modern Times)''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Senior|first=Evan|title=Music and Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tvYJAQAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Hansom Books|location=London|oclc=1758885}}</ref>
+==Selected exhibitions==
+*1973 – Woodstock Gallery, London, United Kingdom (first one-woman exhibition)
+*1974 – Art Alliance, Philadelphia, United States (first American exhibition)
+*1976 – {{ill|Casino de Tenerife|es}}, Spain
+*1976 – Provincial Palace, Zaragoza, Spain
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