Painter, lithographer. Born in Oahu, HI on Nov. 28, 1891. Alvarez moved with her family to California in 1906. Settling in Los Angeles, she studied with James E. McBurney, William Cahill, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, and Morgan Russell. An advocate of modern art, her work includes figures, still lifes and portraits.

Member: Group of Eight; Los Angeles Art Association; California Art Club; San Diego Fine Arts Society; American Federation of the Arts; Los Angeles Museum Association

Exhibited: San Francisco Art Association, 1918; Art Institute of Chicago, 1923; Museum of Modern Art, 1933; California State Fair, 1950; San Joaquin Pioneer Museum, 1950; Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, 1951; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1929 (solo), 1941 (solo), 1954, 1955, 1980 (solo)

Awards: silver medal, Panama California Expo, San Diego, 1916; California Art Club, 1918, 1919, 1933; Federal Women's Club, 1923; Laguna Beach Art Association, 1928; Ebell Club of Los Angeles, 1933-35; Oakland Art Gallery, 1938; Honolulu Printmakers, 1939; Madonna Festival, Los Angeles, 1954; Laguna Beach Museum, 1984

Works Held: Haggin Museum, Stockton; Law Building, USC