Eulalia de Abaitua Allende-Salazar (1853-1943)
Baptized as María Elvira Juliana, they always called her Eulalia because it was her mother’s name, who died a month after she was born. She married Juan Narciso de Olano when she was 18 in Liverpool and lived in England until 1879, when she returned to Bilbao. She had six children.
Looking at the world without artifice and always with the human element as its protagonist, she recorded daily events in their natural context in her photographs.
She captured a great diversity of occupations and trades, mainly women, peasant labour, sardine sellers, milkmaids, washerwomen, spinners, seamstresses, social celebrations, marine and urban corners, people of all ages, jobs, social statuses and locations.
She always photographed in natural light and, most of the time, outdoors. Her favourite material was stereoscopic glass plates, both positive and negative. The Basque Museum has 2,500 plates, of which 2,000 are stereoscopic.
On these walls, you will find various stereoscopic photographs taken by her, lent by the Basque Museum.
