Painter, lithographer. Born in Oahu, HI on Nov. 28, 1891, Mabel Alvarez moved with her family to California in 1906.Settling in Los Angeles, she studied with James E. McBurney, William Cahill, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, and Morgan Russell. An advocate of modern art, she did work that includes figures, still life’s and portraits. Member: Group of Eight; Los Angeles Art Association; California Art Club; San Diego Fine Arts Society; American Federation of the Arts; Los Angeles Museum Association Exhibited: San Francisco Art Association, 1918; Art Institute of Chicago, 1923; Museum of Modern Art, 1933; California State Fair, 1950; San Joaquin Pioneer Museum, 1950; Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, 1951; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1929 (solo), 1941 (solo), 1954, 1955, 1980 (solo)Awards: silver medal, Panama California Expo, San Diego, 1916; California Art Club, 1918, 1919, 1933; Federal Women’s Club, 1923; Laguna Beach Art Association, 1928;Ebell Club of Los Angeles, 1933-35; Oakland Art Gallery, 1938; Honolulu Printmakers, 1939; Madonna Festival, LosAngeles, 1954; Laguna Beach Museum, 1984 Works Held: Haggin Museum, Stockton; Law Building, USC.
