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Archer M. Huntington
Archer Milton Huntington (March 10, 1870 РDecember 11, 1955) was a philanthropist and scholar, primarily known for his contributions to the field of Hispanic Studies. He founded The Hispanic Society of America in New York City, and made numerous contributions to the American Geographical Society. He was also a major benefactor of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Numismatic Society. He convinced the latter to relocate next to the Hispanic Society and the Geographical Society at the Beaux Arts Audubon Terrace complex in upper Manhattan. In 1932, he and sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington, then his wife, founded the Brookgreen Gardens sculpture center in South Carolina in association with the antebellum Brookgreen Plantation; and the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia; it is one of the largest maritime museums in the world. Huntington grew up in a wealthy family: he was the son of Arabella (n̩e Duval) Huntington and the adopted son of her husba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabella Huntington
Arabella Duval Huntington (née Yarrington; 1850/1851 – September 16, 1924) was an American philanthropist and once known as the richest woman in the country. She was the force behind the art collection that is housed at the Huntington Library in California. She was the second wife of Collis P. Huntington, an American railway tycoon and industrialist. After his death, she married his nephew, Henry E. Huntington, also a railway magnate, and founder of the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino, California. Biography In 1884, the widowed Arabella Yarrington married Collis P. Huntington, a wealthy industrialist, in San Francisco. She brought her son Archer to the marriage, and he was adopted by Collis Huntington. Collis died in 1900. In 1913 she married his widowed nephew Henry E. Huntington (1850–1927), who was also a railway magnate and influential in the Los Angeles area. He founded the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Lewis May
Florence Lewis May (December 9, 1899 - September 6, 1988) was an American art historian and curator. May was the Curator of Textiles Emeritus at the Hispanic Society of America for the entire length of her career. Career Born in Fairfield to Edward Everrett and Annie May Lockwood, May was deafened at the age of five from spinal meningitis. She graduated from the American School for the Deaf in 1916, and then from Gallaudet College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1921. There, May was a member of Phi Kappa Zeta. In the year prior to graduating, May was hired by Archer Milton Huntington to work at the Hispanic Society of America. In 1945, she was given an honorary Master of Arts from her alma mater. May would spend the rest of her sixty-year career at the Hispanic Society, eventually rising to the rank of Curator of Textiles. Upon retirement in 1981, she was honored with the title of Emeritus there. A scholar of textile art, May published articles on the topic in such academic journ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Wilson Frothingham
Alice Wilson Frothingham (May 10, 1902 – August 21, 1976) was a ceramics expert, specially chosen by Archer Milton Huntington for the Hispanic Society of America The Hispanic Society of America operates a museum and reference library for the study of the arts and cultures of Spain and Portugal and their former colonies in Latin America, the Spanish East Indies, and Portuguese India. Despite the name, it .... She continues to be highly referenced in her work on ceramics, specifically ''Spanish Glass.'' She published works through the 1940s and 1950s on Spanish glass and pottery. Her 1951 book, ''The Lustre Ware of Spain'', was eagerly awaited by scholars in the field, including Herbert Weissberger at the Carnegie Institute. References 1902 births 1976 deaths Women art historians American art historians 20th-century American writers 20th-century American women writers Spanish pottery {{US-art-historian-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Gilman Proske
Beatrice Irene Gilman Proske (October 31, 1899 – February 2, 2002) was an art historian, specifically in Spanish and American sculpture. She was an early employee of the Hispanic Society of America in New York City, with a specialty in sculpture. Her expertise expanded to American sculpture with her work at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina, and she died an honorary trustee. Her work also included advising the magazine of the National Sculpture Society. She was the author of preeminent studies on Spanish sculpture and American sculpture. Personal life Gilman was born in Thornton, New Hampshire, on October 31, 1899, on a farm to parents Alice May (Hazeltine) Gilman and Jeremiah Gilman. She had one older brother. Her early education was in a one-room schoolhouse. She attended Simmons College in Boston, receiving her B.S. in library science in 1920. From 1922 through 1923 Gilman attended the School of American Sculpture. In 1935 she married Herbert Proske, who was born a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Du Gué Trapier
Elizabeth du Gué Trapier (1893-1974) was an American art historian, born in Washington, D.C., notable for her publications on Spanish art. Biography After graduating in library sciences and working for the Library of Congress, she went to New York City in 1919. There, she was one of a select group of women chosen by Archer Milton Huntington to be employed by the Hispanic Society of America. Photographer Ruth Matilda Anderson and art historian Beatrice Gilman Proske were other women working for the Hispanic Society of the time. During her 40 years as Curator of Paintings, Trapier produced several studies on the history of Spanish art. Her book on Diego Velazquez, published in 1948, was considered a standard work. In addition, she wrote other books, catalogues and articles on other Spanish artists, such as Jusepe de Ribera, Francisco Goya, El Greco, or Juan de Valdés Leal. Awards Trapier was awarded Spain's Order of Civil Merit The Order of Civil Merit ( es, Orden del Mà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vision Of Spain
''Vision of Spain'', (Spanish: ''Visión de España'') and also known as ''The Provinces of Spain'', is a 1913–19 series of fourteen monumental canvases by Spanish painter JoaquÃn Sorolla depicting the customs, costumes, and traditions of regions of Spain. The series was commissioned by Archie Huntington for the Hispanic Society of America (HSA). Background In 1911, Sorolla met Huntington in Paris and signed a contract to paint a series of oils on life in Spain. These fourteen magnificent murals range from in height, and total in length. The major commission of his career, it would dominate the later years of Sorolla's life. Huntington had envisioned the work depicting a history of Spain, but the painter preferred the less specific ''Vision of Spain'', eventually opting for a representation of the regions of the Iberian Peninsula, and calling it ''The Provinces of Spain''. Despite the immensity of the canvases, Sorolla painted all but one en plein air, and travelled to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayamonte
Ayamonte (; pt, Aiamonte) is a town and municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Huelva, Andalusia. It is located near the border with Portugal on the mouth of the Guadiana River. According to the 2015 census, the city had a population of 20,357 inhabitants. History In the municipality are located parts of the megalithic site La Torre-La Janera which is assumed to date back to the 5th millennium BC. The town was seized away from Muslim control in 1240 during the reign of Sancho II of Portugal, and it was donated afterwards to the Order of Santiago. Ayamonte became part of the Crown of Castile in 1263. Fishing and salting of tuna and sardine was already practised in Ayamonte since the Middle Ages. The town suffered due to the War with Portugal and the plague pandemics in the 17th century. In the following century, Catalans and other eastern merchants installed in the town and gave impetus to the local canning and salt industry. Location The township of Ayamonte p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel De Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his novel ''Don Quixote'', a work often cited as both the first modern novel and one of the pinnacles of world literature. Much of his life was spent in poverty and obscurity, which led to many of his early works being lost. Despite this, his influence and literary contribution are reflected by the fact that Spanish is often referred to as "the language of Cervantes". In 1569, Cervantes was forced to leave Spain and move to Rome, where he worked in the household of a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal. In 1570, he enlisted in a Spanish Marine Infantry, Spanish Navy infantry regiment, and was badly wounded at the Battle of Lepanto in October 1571. He served as a soldier until 1575, when he was captur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valladolid
Valladolid () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province of Valladolid, province of the same name. It has a population around 300,000 people (2021 est.). Population figures from 1 January 2013. The city is located roughly in the centre of the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula's Meseta Central, at the confluence of the Pisuerga River, Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers before they join the Duero, surrounded by winegrowing areas. The area was settled in pre-Roman times by the Celtic Vaccaei people, and then by Ancient Rome, Romans themselves. The settlement was purportedly founded after 1072, growing in prominence within the context of the Crown of Castile, being endowed with fairs and different institutions such as a collegiate church, University of Valladolid, University (1241), Court (royal), Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
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