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Olga Costa (Mexican, 1928 - 1993) • Self-Portrait • 1947 (See ALT text)
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Costa and her husband, José Chávez Morado were involved in Mexico's cultural and intellectual scene. At around the same time that she began to develop her ability to paint. She had numerous exhibitions of her work in Mexico, with her work also sent to be sold in the United States. She was also involved in the founding and development of various galleries, cultural societies, and three museums in the state of Guanajuato. She received the Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes among others for her work.
March 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Agnes Miller Parker (British/Scottish, 1895–1980) • The Uncivilised Cat • 1930 • The Fleming Collection
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March 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Anna Alma-Tedema (Belgian/British) • Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's Study in Townshend House, London • 1884 • Pan and brown and black ink, graphite on paper • Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, U.S.(seeALTtext)
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Alma-Tadema primarily worked with drawings and paintings, creating many portraits and representations of interior scenes, flowers and buildings. She was influenced by her father, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and showed her works at exhibitions with him and her step-mother, Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema. Her work was shown at national exhibitions, including the Royal Academy of Arts and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Alma-Tadema was committed to women's suffrage and signed the Some Supporters of the Women's Suffrage Movement in 1897.
March 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM