Marta Adams
Marta Adams | |
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Born | Marta Arnstem 6 November 1891 Düsseldorf, Germany |
Died | 27 November 1978 Mexico City, Mexico |
Burial place | Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States |
Other names | Martha Adams |
Occupation | Visual artist |
Years active | 1925–1978 |
Known for | Sculpture, painting |
Spouse | Edward Brinley Adams (m. 1916–1922; his death) |
Marta Adams (née Marta Arnstem; 1891 – 1978) was a German-born sculptor and painter, who lived in Boston and Mexico City. She was known for her animal and floral themed artwork. She is also known as Martha Adams.[1]
Biography
[edit]Marta Arnstem was born in 6 November 1891, in Düsseldorf, Germany.[1][2] Her mother Baronin Erna von Armin was Spanish, and her father Erick H. Arnstem was Swedish and worked as a diplomat.[1] She had immigrated to Massachusetts in the United States around 1915.[2]
In 1916, she married, Edward Brinley Adams in Boston.[1][3] Her spouse was a Harvard University law librarian, and died of a stroke in 1922.[3]
In the winter of 1925, Adams apprenticed with sculptor Hans Stangl in Munich.[2] She remained in Munich until 1933, and socialized with Otto Nückel, and Karl Zerbe.[2] In 1935, she visited Mexico for the first time.[2] She met with Diego Rivera in 1937, who encouraged her oil painting.[1][2] Adams moved to Mexico City in 1952.[2] Her later work was influenced by pre-Columbian art.[1] She made Archaic Greek-style sculptured busts and portraits.[1]
Adams died on 27 November 1978, in Mexico City.[1]
Her work can be found in museum collections, including at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,[4] Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende (MSSA) in Santiago, Chile,[5] and Harvard Art Museums.[6]
Exhibitions
[edit]- 1933, group exhibition, Günther Galerie, Munich, Germany[2]
- 1934, group exhibition, Germanic Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts[7]
- 1937, sculptures and drawings, solo exhibition, Grace Horne Galleries, 71 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts[8]
- 1945, sculptures, solo exhibition, Boris Mirski Gallery, 166 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts[9]
- 1950, paintings, solo exhibition, Boris Mirski Gallery, 166 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts[10][11]
- 1953, Boston Arts Festival, group exhibition, Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts[12]
- 1962, group exhibition, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico[1]
- 1963, Pintura Contemporânea do México, group exhibition, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; organized by Intercâmbio de Arte e Cultura Brasil–México, and Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul (MARGS; now Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli)[13]
- 1978–1980, Marta Adams: Exposición Homenaje, 1891–1978, traveling exhibition organized by Fondo nacional para las actividades sociales (FONAPAS)[14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (19 December 2013). "Adams, Martha (1893–1978)". North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Rimel, Anna (27 June 2016). "A Finding Aid to the Marta Adams Papers, circa 1914-circa 1991, in the Archives of American Art" (PDF). Archives of American Art. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Edward Brinley Adams Dies at Cambridge Home". The Boston Globe. 25 March 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 26 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Two Musicians in Mexico". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "Marta Adams". Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende (MSSA) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "Marta Adams". Harvard Art Museums. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "Luther Visits Harvard, Tech". The Boston Globe. 22 May 1934. p. 14. Retrieved 26 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Private View at Horne Galleries". The Boston Globe. 30 September 1937. p. 11. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "Art Notes". Springfield Weekly Republican. 15 November 1945. p. 11. Retrieved 26 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Article clipped from The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. 10 December 1950. p. 70. Retrieved 26 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Article clipped from The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. 17 December 1950. p. 73. Retrieved 26 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "W. Mass. Artists Represented at Boston Festival". The Morning Union. 12 June 1953. p. 6. Retrieved 26 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pintura Contemporânea do México". Acervo Documental MARGS (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Marta Adams. Exposición homenaje, 1891–1978". Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ Artes visuales, Issues 19-26 (in Spanish). Museo de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. 1978. p. 49.
External links
[edit]- 1891 births
- 1978 deaths
- 20th-century American artists
- 20th-century American women artists
- 20th-century German artists
- 20th-century German women artists
- American women painters
- American women sculptors
- Artists from Boston
- Artists from Düsseldorf
- Artists from Mexico City
- German emigrants to Mexico
- German emigrants to the United States
- German people of Spanish descent
- German people of Swedish descent
- German women painters
- German women sculptors