biografía de Maxine ALBRO (1903-1966)

Lugar de nacimiento: Iowa

Lugar de defunción: Los Angeles, CA

Direcciones: San Francisco; Carmel, CA

Profesión: Muralist, lithographer

Estudios: ASL; …cole de la Grand Chaumière; CSFA; Diego Rivera, Mexico (also assisted him on his San Francisco murals)

Exposiciones: SFAA, annually from 1925; Delphi Studios, NYC, 1931; Berkeley Women's City Club, 1934; Beaux Arts Club, San Fran., 1930; Gump's, San Fran., 1932-34; GGE, 1939; AIC.

Asociaciones: Carmel AA; Calif. Soc. Mural Artists; San Fran. AA; Am. Artists Congress.

Obra: "California Agriculture" frescoes, Coit Tower, San Francisco (WPA project); Allied Artists Guild, Menlo Park; mosaic, State Teachers College, San Francisco; high school, Vallejo; Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara.

Comentarios: Painted one of the earliest murals of the WPA project in 1934 (Coit Tower, San Fran.). She took many trips to Mexico and specialized in Spanish and Mexican motifs. Her work also includes many landscapes and scenes from her world travels. Married sculptor Parker Hall (see entry) in 1938.

Fuentes: WW40; Ness & Orwig, Iowa Artists of the First Hundred Years; Hughes, Artists in California, 15.