Posted 4 years ago
vintagelamp
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Alma Dato-Montero Potier
BIRTH 23 Feb 1909
Genoa, Città Metropolitana di Genova, Liguria, Italy
DEATH 25 Sep 2003 (aged 94)
Amora, Seixal Municipality, Setúbal, Portugal
BURIAL
Cemitério da Guia
Cascais, Cascais Municipality, Lisboa, Portugal
Daughter of Francisco Dato-Tessitore and Raquel Montero de Dato. Wife of Augusto Rato Potier. Beloved mother of Regina Potier Esteves and Gloria Potier Harrison. Distinguished watercolor miniaturist.
Comments by daughter Gloris Potier Harrison (Thank you!):
The portrait of the lady said to be Alma is NOT her. My mother was much prettier than that. These were a series of paintings she did for friends or members of the consular service in the then known as Belgian Congo. My father was stationed there as Portuguese Consul.
delete commentansoria, 2 years ago
I take back what I said in previous comment. If it painted in Brussels, the ladies might have been models or friends of her aunt with whom she was staying while studying at the Academie des Beaux Arts
delete commentansoria, 2 years ago
How do I post some lovely miniatures painted by my mother Alma after she became really proficient? Is there a form to fill out? There are also two miniatures I want to sell. Thank you for any information you may provide
Gloria
Lovely lady in the portrait
Alma was a real lady of 17 when this painting was painted.
She was once painted by the Belgian painter Omer van de Weyer. This painting was in her husband's personal collection. You can see this painting here:
https://www.bestnetleiloes.com/pt/leiloes/coleccionismo-70/documentos-sobre-augusto-potier
More about Omer van de Weyer:
https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/79196
Newfld,
Thank you! I love this time period!
mp.kunst,
Thank you for all of the research! I had seen the husband's collection but knew nothing about Omer van de Weyer!
The portrait of the lady said to be Alma is NOT her. My mother was much prettier than that. These were a series of paintings she did for friends or members of the consular service in the then known as Belgian Congo. My father was stationed there as Portuguese Consul.
I take back what I said in previous comment. If it painted in Brussels, the ladies might have been models or friends of her aunt with whom she was staying while studying at the Academie des Beaux Arts
How do I post some lovely miniatures painted by my mother Alma after she became really proficient? Is there a form to fill out? There are also two miniatures I want to sell. Thank you for any information you may provide
Gloria
ansora,
I am seeing these comments for the first time. I do not seem to get notifications whenever someone posts anymore (?). Thank you for the comments.
BTW her full name was Alma Ema Mariana Clementina Dato-Montero.
https://www.geni.com/people/Alma-Ema-Mariana-Clementina-Dato-Montero/6000000004214667786
Perhaps useful for further research
mp.kunst,
Thank you for the information!