Virginia Admiral
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| Virginia Admiral | |
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| Birth name | Virginia Holton Admiral |
| Born | February 4, 1915 Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | July 20, 2000 (aged 85) New York City, U.S. |
| Movement | Painter |
Virginia Holton Admiral or Virginia De Niro (February 4, 1915 – July 20, 2000) was an American painter and poet. Her former husband was painter Robert De Niro, Sr., and they were the parents of actor Robert De Niro.[1]
[edit] Life
Admiral was born in Oregon, the daughter of Alice Caroline (née Groman), a school teacher, and Donald Admiral, a grain broker. Admiral was a Presbyterian of English, German, French, and Dutch descent. In 1920, she was residing in Danville, Illinois according to the census, with her parents and younger sister, Eleanor. By 1930, Virginia's parents had divorced and she was living with her mother and sister in Berkeley, California. While in Berkeley, her mother, Alice, became a school teacher.
She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1938, she worked on the Federal Arts Project, in Oakland, California.[2] Admiral, a painter, met Robert De Niro, Sr., an aspiring artist, at one of Hans Hofmann's painting classes in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and they married in December 1941. In 1943, Virginia gave birth to their son, award-winning actor and director, Robert De Niro, Jr. She worked as a typist for Anais Nin.[3] They divorced in 1945.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Robert De Niro - Biography, TalkTalk.co.uk
- ^ "Virginia Admiral, 85, Painter and Writer". The New York Times. August 15, 2000. http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/15/arts/virginia-admiral-85-painter-and-writer.html.
- ^ Turner, Christopher (March 19, 2009). "The bohemian life of Robert De Niro, senior". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/5017930/The-bohemian-life-of-Robert-De-Niro-senior.html.
- ^ http://www.theartstory.org/artist-de-niro-robert.htm
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- American painters
- American Presbyterians
- American people of English descent
- American people of Dutch descent
- American people of French descent
- American people of German descent
- American women artists
- Artists from Oregon
- People from Greenwich Village, New York
- People from Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Women painters
- Artists from New York City
