Artist

Antonia de Bañuelos Thorndike

Portrait of Antonia de Bañuelos Thorndike
Portrait of Antonia de Bañuelos Thorndike

Spanish, 1855–1921

Antonia de Bañuelos Thorndike was a Spanish American Impressionism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museo del Prado. Antonia de Bañuelos Thorndike was born in Rome.

Antonia de Bañuelos Thorndike (also known as Marquesa de Alcedo; 1856–1926) was a Spanish painter born in Rome, who spent most of her life in Paris. She was the daughter of the Earl of Bañuelos and a disciple of Charles Joshua Chaplin. At the Paris Exposition of 1878, several portraits by this artist attracted attention, one of them being a portrait of herself.

At the Exposition of 1880, she exhibited "A Guitar Player". Her works The Little Fishers and Study of a laughing baby were included in the book Women Painters of the World.

Collections represented

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