Mary Ammirato-Collins: Difference between revisions
m AWB clean up patrol, typo(s) fixed: the USA → the US |
Cywidger22 (talk | contribs) Added content regarding exhibitions and family. I am the great niece of Mary Ammirato-Collins. Some of the pictures currently posted are not her. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Orphan|date=August 2013}} |
{{Orphan|date=August 2013}} |
||
'''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 US 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. |
'''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 US 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. Dr.Claudio was a physicist. They met at the Museum of Art in Nee York City where Mary visited often. Mary has three surviving great nieces in America, Janie Carolyn Collins, Diane King and Cynthia Langford (maiden names) all originally from Texas. |
||
Known exhibits: |
|||
Her first one person exhibit was Woodstock Gallery in London, April 24-May 12, 1973. |
|||
He first American show was in Philadelphia Pa., at the Art Alliance November 4-December 1, 1974. |
|||
Casino de Tenerife April 1975 |
|||
Provincial Palace, Zaragoza Spain October 20-31 1976 |
|||
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> |
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> |
||
Revision as of 20:41, 20 October 2020
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.[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 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. Dr.Claudio was a physicist. They met at the Museum of Art in Nee York City where Mary visited often. Mary has three surviving great nieces in America, Janie Carolyn Collins, Diane King and Cynthia Langford (maiden names) all originally from Texas.
Known exhibits: Her first one person exhibit was Woodstock Gallery in London, April 24-May 12, 1973.
He first American show was in Philadelphia Pa., at the Art Alliance November 4-December 1, 1974.
Casino de Tenerife April 1975
Provincial Palace, Zaragoza Spain October 20-31 1976
She wrote the libretto for her husband's opera, Paradise Lost (A comedy for Modern Times).[2]
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)
| Authority control databases: National |
|---|
 | This biographical article about an American poet born between 1900-1909 is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about an artist from the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Orphaned articles from August 2013
- Poets from Texas
- American artists
- Alumni of the Académie Julian
- 1908 births
- American women poets
- People from Polk County, Texas
- American expatriates in France
- American expatriates in Spain
- Canarian artists
- Canarian writers
- American poet, 20th-century birth stubs
- American artist stubs