Mary Ammirato-Collins (or Mary Collins Ammirato, born April 3, 1908, date of death unknown) was an American artist from Houston, Texas.

Mary Ammirato-Collins
BornApril 3, 1908
DiedUnknown
NationalityAmerican
Other namesMary Collins Ammirato
Occupation(s)artist, poet

Ammirato-Collins was a student at the Académie Julian in Paris.[1] She exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in 1937. Mary also had a showing of her enamels on copper during a visit to the US in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary lived in the Canary Islands with husband Claudio Ammirato, who was an artist and composer, and a physicist. Both who were long time friends of heiress Eleanor Post Hutton. Mary was a travel companion of Eleanor's and also a Ziegfeld Follies girl in New York City where she met Claudio.

Ammirato-Collins wrote the libretto for her husband's opera, Paradise Lost (A comedy for Modern Times).[2]

Selected exhibitions

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  • 1973 – Woodstock Gallery, London, United Kingdom (first one-woman exhibition)
  • 1974 – Art Alliance, Philadelphia, United States (first American exhibition)
  • 1976 – Casino de Tenerife [es], Spain
  • 1976 – Provincial Palace, Zaragoza, Spain

Books

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Ammirato was the author of several books of poems, some of which were illustrated by her husband Claudio Ammirato:

  • The Beach at Sierra Helada (1935)
  • Tapestry of Sleep (1936)
  • Dustless Beauty (1937)
  • Palm Tree Daughters (1938)
  • Red Apples of Fall (1947)
  • Spring in Olympus (1939).

References

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  1. ^ Benezit Dictionnary of Artists
  2. ^ Senior, Evan (1970). Music and Musicians. London: Hansom Books. OCLC 1758885.

General references

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