Antonia de Bañuelos Thorndike (also called Marquesa de Alcedo; 1856–1926) was a Spanish painter, born in Rome, who spent most of her life in Paris.[1]
Antonia de Bañuelos-Thorndike | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1856 |
| Died | 1926 |
| Nationality | Spanish |
She was the daughter of the Earl of Bañuelos, and a disciple of Charles Joshua Chaplin.[2][3] At the Paris Exposition of 1878, several portraits by this artist attracted attention, one of them being a portrait of herself.
At the Exposition of 1880, she exhibited "A Guitar Player".[4] Her works The Little Fishers and Study of a laughing baby were included in the book Women Painters of the World.[5]
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: C. E. C. Waters' "Women in the Fine Arts: From the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D." (1904)
