Artist

Maria Alquilar

born New York City 1928-died Sacramento, CA 2014
Media - portrait_image_113339.jpg - 89875
Photograph by Arthur Williams.
Also known as
  • Barbara Taffet
  • Barbara Pincus
Born
New York, Kings, New York, United States
Died
Sacramento, California, United States
Active in
  • Santa Cruz, California, United States
Biography

Born in New York. The daughter of a Russian Jewish mother and Spanish father. Her altarpieces seek to explore the mythic heritage of many cultures and expose their common threads.

Nora Panzer, ed. Celebrate America in Poetry and Art (New York and Washington, D.C.: Hyperion Paperbacks for Children in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1994)

Works by this artist (22 items)

Sam Gilliam, Swing, 1969, acrylic and aluminum on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. Edwin Janss, Jr., 1973.189
Swing
Date1969
acrylic and aluminum on canvas
On view
Sam Gilliam, G.D.S., 1978, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donald A. Brown, 1978.168.39, © 1978, Sam Gilliam
G.D.S.
Date1978
screenprint on paper
Not on view
Sam Gilliam, Campus Center View, 1967-1977, painted fiber and paper, wood, stone, fabric, and plastic assembled on wood base in plexiglass case, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 1979.159.42
Campus Center View
Date1967-1977
painted fiber and paper, wood, stone, fabric, and plastic assembled on wood base in plexiglass case
Not on view
Sam Gilliam, Art Ramp Angle Brown, 1978, acrylic and oil enamel on canvas and nylon, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 1979.159.41
Art Ramp Angle Brown
Date1978
acrylic and oil enamel on canvas and nylon
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 1979.159.44 - SAAM-1979.159.44_1 - 56988
Sculpture Down to Scale: Models for Public Art at Federal Buildings, 1974 – 1985
May 31, 2019November 22, 2020
Artists used preliminary models—or maquettes—to communicate their ideas.