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Antonia Bañuelos
Spanish artist (1856–1926) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antonia de Bañuelos Thorndike (also called Marquesa de Alcedo; 1856–1926) was a Spanish painter, born in Rome, who spent most of her life in Paris.[1]
She was the daughter of the Earl of Bañuelos, and a disciple of Charles Joshua Chaplin.[2][3] At the Paris Exposition of 1878, several portraits by this artist attracted attention, one of them being a portrait of herself.
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At the Exposition of 1880, she exhibited "A Guitar Player".[4] Her works The Little Fishers and Study of a laughing baby were included in the book Women Painters of the World.[5]
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