biografía de Mabel ALVAREZ (1891-1985)

Lugar de nacimiento: Waialua, HI

Lugar de defunción: Glendale, CA

Direcciones: Berkeley, CA, 1906; Beverly Hills, CA

Profesión: Painter, lithographer

Estudios: with James E. McBurney; William V. Cahill; S. Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell (founders of synchromism), 1920s

Exposiciones: Pan-Calif. Expo, San Diego, 1916 (medal); Calif. AC, 1918 (prize), 1919 (prize); 1933 (prize); Fed. Women's Club, 1923 (prize); AIC, 1923; PAFA, 1923; Laguna Beach AA, 1928 (prize); Pasadena, CA, 1929 (prize); MoMA, 1933; Ebell Club, prizes: 1933, 1934, 1935; New York Municipal Exhib., 1938; Oakland Art Gal., 1938 (prize); GGE, 1939; Honolulu Printmakers, 1939 (prize); Los Angeles Mus. Art, 1954, 1955, 1957; Oakland Art Gal., 1949, 1950 (solo); San Diego FA Soc.; Univ. Calif., 1948; Los Angeles AA, 1948-51, 1953-57; Springville, UT, 1950; Calif. State Fair, 1950; San Joaquin Pioneer Mus., 1950 (solo); Crocker Art Gal., 1951 (solo); San Bernardino, 1951; Tracy Putnam Fnd., 1952; Madonna Festival, Los Angeles, 1954 (prize); Palos Verdes Annual, 1957 (prize); Chaffey College, 1957; Mt. St. Mary's College, 1958.

Asociaciones: Group of Eight; San Diego Art Gld.; Calif. AC; Council All. Artists, Los Angeles; Los Angeles AA; AFA, Los Angeles Mus. Assn.

Obra: Honolulu Acad. Arts; San Joaquin Mus.; Univ. Southern Calif. (Law Bldg.); Haggin Mus., Stockton, CA; LACMA; Contemp. AM, Honolulu; Bishop Mus.; Honolulu Papers held at Archive of American Art, Smithsonian Inst., Wash., DC

Comentarios: Modernist who explored alternative religions and philosophies.

Fuentes: WW59; WW47; more recently, see Hughes Artists in California; Forbes, Encounters with Paradise, 247-48; Trenton, ed. Independent Spirits, 89-90, with repro.