Virginia Admiral, an American painter and writer who studied with Hans Hofmann, died on July 27.
24-7/8 x 18-7/8 inches (63.2 x 47.9 cm.) Together they became a part of the New York School, an informal group of poets, painters, dancers, artists and musicians.
Admiral’s artistic output caught the attention of Peggy Guggenheim, a champion of modern artists in both Europe and the States. Artist's son is the actor Robert De Niro.News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publicationRobert Mario De Niro, Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is a two-time Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American film actor, director, and producer, widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time.Robert De Niro, Actor: Raging Bull. Virginia Holton Admiral or Virginia De Niro was an American painter and poet.
Virginia Holton Admiral or Virginia De Niro was an American painter and the mother of actor Robert De Niro.
She was also instrumental in establishing low-cost housing for artists in SoHo. Virginia Admiral.
0 men Of...Virginia Admiral (1915-2000) aka Virginia De Niro. Visa fler idéer om Skådespelare, Män, Filmstjärnor. While working on the Federal Arts Project in Oakland, Calif., in 1938, she became closely involved with the San Francisco poetry scene. Later, in New York, she wrote for True Crimes magazine.Her work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.In 1942 Ms. Admiral exhibited in the Springs Salon for Young Artists at Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery in Manhattan. Virginia Admiral has 1 work online. She studied painting under Hans Hofmann in New York, and her work was included in the Peggy Guggenheim collection. He was trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory and the American ...The 40-minute documentary on the postwar American painter Robert De Niro, Sr. is a delicate and moving homage, in which his son, the actor Robert De Niro, figures prominently.to help give you the best experience we can.Virginia Admiral and Robert De Niro, Sr. met while attending Hans Hofmann’s famous summer art courses at the Provincetown school in 1931.Robert De Niro (acteur, réalisateur et producteur de cinéma américain né le 17…Robert De Niro says it was his “responsibility” to make a documentary about his father, artist Robert De Niro Sr., he told Out magazine in an interview. Untitled (still life), 1941. That same year, the Museum of Modern Art purchased one of her early abstract artworks for $100.00, before many of Admiral’s compatriots received recognition from major museum collections. Ms. Admiral's husband died in 1993. Virginia Holton Admiral or Virginia De Niro (February 4, 1915 – July 27, 2000) was an American painter and poet. VIRGINIA ADMIRAL (1915 – 2000) Born in Oregon in 1915, Virginia Admiral was an American painter, poet, independent publisher and activist whose body of work straddled the fields of abstract and figurative art. She had a solo show there in 1946 and was included in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection at the Venice Biennale in 1947.In the 1960's Ms. Admiral was active in the antiwar movement, often contributing work to shows based on political themes. De Niro’s father was a gay man who divorced De Niro’s mother when the actor was a child.
One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. She entered the museum’s internationally renowned collection ahead of now-celebrated artists, including Jackson Pollock. She was 85 and lived in New York City.Ms. From 1973 to 1980 she showed at Buecker and Harpsichords gallery. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Admiral was born in Oregon and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Virginia Holton Admiral or Virginia De Niro (February 4, 1915 – July 27, 2000) was an American painter, poet and the mother of actor Robert De Niro.She studied painting under Hans Hofmann in New York, and her work was included in the Peggy Guggenheim collection.
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Part of the New York School of artists in the 1940s and 1950s, her work was shown Peggy Guggenheim’s Art of This Century Gallery in … Virginia Holton Admiral or Virginia De Niro (February 4, 1915 - July 20, 2000) was an American painter and poet. With the poet Robert Duncan she published a single issue of a small-press magazine, Epitaph, which developed into The Experimental Review. She was 85 and lived in New York City. She is survived by a sister, Eleanor Haefele of Sacramento, and five grandchildren.Virginia Admiral, an American painter and writer who studied with Hans Hofmann, died on July 27.
She studied painting under Hans Hofmann in New York, and her work was included in the Peggy Guggenheim collection. She was a member of the Art Workers’ Coalition which promoted and fought for artists’ rights, the representation of female artists and artists of color, and reforms to the exhibition policies of major museums, most notably, the Museum of Modern Art.During her time with Hofmann, Admiral met her future husband, painter Robert De Niro, Sr., and they would later move into a loft apartment on 14th Street in Manhattan.