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13 de may. de 2024 · The Legion of Honor was cofounded in 1924 by another intrepid female pioneer, Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, who shared Cassatt’s deep attachment to French culture and bold vision for the future of art in America.”
18 de may. de 2024 · Whistler’s 1879 revenge painting, “The Gold Scab: Eruption in Filthy Lucre (The Creditor),” depicts Leyland as a maniacal human-peacock hybrid. The painting was acquired by the San Francisco art patron, “Big Alma” de Bretteville Spreckels, who founded the Palace of the Legion of Honor, where it now resides.
Hace 3 días · This room is the large and famous painting by Spanish impressionist artist Joaquin Sorolla. Entitled “Las Neriedas” – “The Nereids” – this 1886 canvas was donated to the Palace during the term of President Quirino by Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, an American heiress and philanthropist. The Roxas Cabinet Room
Hace 2 días · Azul en el desierto' (Círculo Rojo), una historia iniciática para sus tres protagonistas y que reflexiona sobre el concepto de mente, el papel del alma, la energía del amor y el mito del alma ...
1 de may. de 2024 · The California Palace of the Legion of Honor museum, as it was first known, was a gift to the City from San Francisco philanthropists Alma de Bretteville Spreckels and her husband, Adolph B. Spreckels. Alma, born in San Francisco, was a Francophile who donated funds to the French cause during World War I.
8 de may. de 2024 · Sit back and learn about the exploits of local ladies such as Sally Stanford, the infamous Tenderloin madame who became mayor of Sausalito in 1976; vaudevillian performer Lotta Crabtree of San Francisco’s eponymous Lotta’s Fountain; and socialite Alma de Bretteville—who coined the term “sugar daddy.”
Hace 6 días · As an accompanying note states, de Bretteville “ is well known for her important and early contributions to the field of feminist design and education.” She graduated from the Yale School of Art in 1964. In 1971, at the California Institute of the Arts, she developed the first women’s design program.
