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17 de abr. de 2024 · But eventually Hill’s woman friends (Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, wife of a San Francisco sugar magnate and a woman with many connections, some of which helped her gain the Théâtre de la Mode collection for Maryhill, was a third important friend and influence) persuaded Hill to transform the concrete home he’d had built above ...
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.
Hace 6 días · 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 · Alma de Bretteville Spreckels built the museum primarily to house French art, especially the art of French sculptor Auguste Rodin. During the museum’s construction, Alma purchased copious amounts of French art and Rodin’s sculptures to be showcased at the Legion of Honor.
Hace 4 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
5 de may. de 2024 · Big Alma was the nickname of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels (1881-1968), a wealthy San Francisco socialite who was also the model for the woman atop the Dewey Monument in Union Square. 2011. https://www.streetcar.org/fort_mason_streetcar_a_step_closer/ Jun 19, 2016.
23 de abr. de 2024 · By: Charles Giuliano - Apr 29th, 2023. Now 82, at long last the Native American artist, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, is the subject of a retrospective at a major New York Museum. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map will be on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art from April 19 to August 13, 202. Full Article.
