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'''Mary Collins Ammirato''' (born April 3, 1908) was an artist and poet born in Hortense, Texas. She was a student at the [[Académie Julian]]. 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 |
'''Mary Collins Ammirato''' (born April 3, 1908) was an artist and poet born in Hortense, Texas. She was a student at the [[Académie Julian]]. 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 in the Canary Islands, both who were long time friends of heiress Eleanor Post. 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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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=http://books.google.com/books?id=tvYJAQAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Hansom Books|location=London|oclc=1758885}}</ref> |
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=http://books.google.com/books?id=tvYJAQAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Hansom Books|location=London|oclc=1758885}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:41, 12 July 2015
Mary Collins Ammirato (born April 3, 1908) was an artist and poet born in Hortense, Texas. She was a student at the Académie Julian. She exhibited at the 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 in the Canary Islands, both who were long time friends of heiress Eleanor Post. 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.
She wrote the libretto for her husband's opera, Paradise Lost (A comedy for Modern Times).[1]
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
- ^ 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.
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