Catherine Tharp Altvater
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Catherine Tharp Altvater was an artist. Her watercolor paintings hang in the Museum of Modern Art
and many other museums. Altvater was the first woman to hold office in the American Watercolor Society
. She was married to Fredrick Lang Altvater. She lived in New York, New York most of her professional life. She retired to New Smyrna Beach, Florida
and died there in 1984.
She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas
in 1907 and died in 1984.
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
and many other museums. Altvater was the first woman to hold office in the American Watercolor Society
American Watercolor Society
The American Watercolor Society is a nonprofit membership organization devoted to the advancement of watercolor painting in the United States. It was founded in 1866 by eleven painters and, originally, was known as the American Society of Painters in Water Colors...
. She was married to Fredrick Lang Altvater. She lived in New York, New York most of her professional life. She retired to New Smyrna Beach, Florida
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
New Smyrna Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. The population was 20,048 according to the 2000 census. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 23,161.-History:...
and died there in 1984.
She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...
in 1907 and died in 1984.
External links
- http://ualr.edu/arwomen/biographies.htm
- http://ualr.edu/arwomen/art.htm
- http://antiquesandfineart.com/artists/about.cfm?id=187858&ap=1