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MIAL, (“Name de
Brushe”), ARTIST
Mildred
Marie Albronda 1912-1998 MILDRED ALBRONDA MUSINGS Mildred
Albronda is stellar within my pantheon of heroes and heroines. She
was an extraordinarily thorough and lucid art historian; moreover,
she was willing to share her work with others. I came to know her in
1997 when she graciously provided me a copy of a chapter from her
remarkable (but, sadly, unpublished) manuscript, Granville
Redmond, 1871 – 1935, Painter of Silence and Solitude. (This
document, of course, was the basis for the essay published in the
Oakland Museum’s catalogue of its 1988-9 exhibit on the artist.)
Typical of her self-effacing manner, I was then unaware of her
talent and success as an artist in her own right. It is now evident
to me that it was this ability as an artist which enabled her to
provide such insightful discussions of Redmond's paintings. Among
Mildred's numerous records and documents archived in the Bancroft
Library is a small spiral notebook. Among its entries is the
following:
“The White
Rabbit put on his spectacles: ‘Where shall I begin, please your
Majesty?’ he asked.
‘Begin at
the beginning,’ the King said, gravely, ‘and go on till you come to
the end: then stop.’”
In her work
on Redmond, she fully adhered to this whimsical Lewis Carroll
aphorism and did so with great style and substance.
An anonymous collector who is passionate about
pursuing paintings’ history
“I like to feel that I can share how I feel about what I see and
what I am able to put down on canvas, with others.”
MIAL, Mildred Albronda
, sold more than 400 paintings during her prolific 12 years as a
fine art painter. An art class in 1960 with Warren Brandon was her
first serious attempt to begin painting. This web site is intended
to be a comprehensive overview of her work for the public and those
interested in art.
MIAL was a member of ,
The Society of Western Artists, The Marin society of Artists, San
Francisco Woman’s Artists and later a Board Member, and
The Diversified Art League.
In, 1962, MIAL, became
an owner, partner in an art gallery in San Francisco, on the corner
of Webster and Filbert , one block off of Union Street called DAL
Gallery or Diversified Art League Gallery. Here she sold and rented
100’s of her paintings. She resigned in 1967.
Best known for her oil
paintings of the San Francisco Bay and surrounding area MIAL also
liked the Monterey Bay area , Mendacino Coast , Angwin, California
(White Cottage Ranch), Golden Gate Park, and her beloved Edgewood
Avenue in San Francisco.
From her early art
showings on the fence at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco and
having TWO paintings on exhibit in the De Young Museum of San
Francisco MIAL believed she had accomplished her goal as a fine
artist .
MIAL had art lessons
and inspiration from the following artist teachers:
Warren Brandon, Arthur
Palmer, Peter Blass, Richard Yip, Jade Fong, George Post and S. C.
Yuan, of Monterey.
Contacts:
The Mildred
Albronda Memorial Trust
Eric
Albronda /
Vicki Brenner, Administrators
PO Box 1145
Mount
Shasta, California, 96067
530-926-5388,
Jeanne
Albronda - Heaton
Kevin
& Kara O'Leary, Executives,
Mildred Albronda Memorial Trust,
Shannon
O'Lleary, Archivist and Disbursements,
The Mildred Albronda Memorial Trust
Mildred
Albronda, Author
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