Self Portrait, Mabel Alvarez, 1923

Mabel Alvarez (born November 28, 1891 - died March 13, 1985) was an artist and oil painter. She was born to a prominent Spanish family who lived on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... Image of Oahu from space taken by NASA. O‘ahu is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous island in the state of Hawai‘i. ...

Her father, Luis F. Alvarez, a physician, was involved with the leprosy research begun by the legendary Father Damien. Her brother, Walter C. Alvarez, would later distinguish himself as a physician and author. Her neice is Bernice Alvarez Brownson and her great-nephew is Luis Alvarez (son of Walter), winner of a Nobel Prize in physics. Luis F. Alvarez circa 1895 Luis F. Alvarez (April 1, 1853 - May 24, 1937) was born in La Puerta, a village near Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. ... Father Damien was a Roman Catholic missionary who helped lepers on the Hawaiian island of Molokai and also died of the disease. ... Walter Clement Alvarez (1884 - 1978) was an American doctor. ... Bernice Alvarez Brownson (1913- ) was born in San Francisco, California and is an American writer, photographer and poet. ... Portrait of Luis Alvarez Luis Walter Alvarez (June 13, 1911 – September 1, 1988) of San Francisco, California, USA, was a famed physicist of Spanish descent, who worked at the University of California, Berkeley. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ...

Alvarez demonstrated artistic talent at a young age and 1915 enrolled in a Los Angeles art school, where she enjoyed immediate success. She painted two notable works at this time, a large mural for the Pan-California Exposition in San Diego, for which she won a Gold Medal. Alvarez attended William Cahill’s prestigious School for Illustration and Painting in Los Angeles and drew a haunting charcoal portrait of a woman in profile used by the School for its catalog cover. Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin...

Her first portrait painting was displayed at the Los Angeles Museum (now the Los Angeles County Museum of Art) in 1917, a museum with which she continued a close relationship until her death. As a young woman, she was influenced by the philosophical writings of Will Levington Comfort, who espoused principles of Theosophy and Eastern mysticism. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Will Levington Comfort (January 17, 1880 - November 2,1932) was a U.S. writer, known primarily for adventure novels such as Apache. ... Seal of the Theosophical Society Theosophy is a body of ideas which holds that all religions are attempts by man to ascertain the Divine, and as such each religion has a portion of the truth. ...

In the 1920’s and 30’s, her works were heavily influenced by the Synchromist Movement’s Stanton MacDonald-Wright and Morgan Russell, who would remain her teacher for over 20 years. Alvarez’s work was a constant evolution. Airplane Synchromy in Yellow-Orange. ... Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890-1973) was an American artist, specifically a painter. ... Morgan Russell (1886 - 1953) was a U.S. abstract painter. ...

The primary color that Alvarez used to express herself was green; many soft hues of green, which to her represented joy, love, hope, youth and mirth. These colors were played out on a stage of canvasses in the forms of universal ideals and archetypes: the child, the innocent maiden, the alluring and seductive temptress, the faithful wife, the spiritual seeker, the earthbound spirit in limbo, and the liberated spirit that has transcended Earth's constraints.

Alvarez continued to paint through her sixties and seventies, and to exhibit regularly, including with the Women Painters West organization. Her works included Impressionism, as well as to figure, still-life, and portrait painting. Her late pieces are introspective, focusing on religious and symbolic themes. Impressionism was a 19th century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists who began publicly exhibiting their art in the 1860s. ...