Background
Alta, Il Marchese Della Torre was born on June 14, 1873 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Theodore and Sarah Elizabeth (Heitz) S.
Alta, Il Marchese Della Torre was born on June 14, 1873 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Theodore and Sarah Elizabeth (Heitz) S.
Student Massachusetts Normal Art School, Cowles Art School, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
In charge art department Bradford (Massachusetts) Academy, 1903-1913. Instructor of life class and member of faculty, Rhode Island School of Design, 1912-1918. Established studio in Biarritz, France, 1930.
Works: Symphony in Blue, The Capri Bowl, The Blue Veil, Bride and Groom, Old Trees, Psyche, Naiads, Louisiana Dame au Leopard, Musee du Louvre, Paris.
Represented in exhibitions at Boston Art Club, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Corcoran Gallery (Washington, District of Columbia), Detroit Institute of Art, Albright Gallery, Carnegie Institute, Artist Museum (Saint Louis), Worcester Art Museum Awards: Grand Chevalier of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Vatican, 1934.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915. Gold star and cravate of Societe Academique d’Histoire Internationale, Paris, 1929.
Louisiana grande croix de la Chevalier de la Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’Honneur’honneur given by the Beaux Arts to the painting in the Louvre collection, Louisiana Dame au Leopard,” Paris, 1937.
Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor, 1938.
Member of faculty, Rhode Island School
Married Esther Rhoads Stokes Cattell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 2, 1916.