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| Francis Luis Mora (1874-1940) American, Water Color, (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") |
Artist:
Francis Luis Mora (1874-1940) Uruguay
Title:
“Untitled”
Date:
˜ 1904
Medium: Water
Color
Materials: Water color
and metallic gouache
Markings: Identification
noted on the back of the item in pencil
Dimensions: 6-3/4" x W.9-3/4"
Framed:
Yes, item has remained in the original frame when acquired by Mr. Prince and Mr. Hemphill, Jr... The frame is a custom
period related Frame with embedded green color glass within the frame.
Provenance: Neal Adair Prince Trust u/a/d 10.18.1999
Mr. Neal Prince
Mr. Neal Prince
and Mr. Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.
Roy
Davis Gallery, 231
East 60th Street, New York, New York
10022
Estate of FD Guerry
Institution
Holdings: Museum of Modern Art, New York;
New York State Gallery., Albany, New York
Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
New
York Historic Society, New York, New York
White House (portrait
of Harding), Washington, D.C.
Chamber of Commerce,
Washington, D.C.
Various Others…
Footnote
¹: This artwork, by
Mr. Mora has been authenticated by the Mora Estate Agent, Baron Art Estate Manager².
After Mr. Mora was introduced to A. Mucha, which he showed Mr. Mora some of his works of art that were recently published.
F. Luis Mora produced a series of watercolors in Art Nouveau style. Mora was clearly influenced by Mucha. One of Mora’s
watercolors influenced by Mucha would be this artwork owned by the Trust. Another works of art was exhibited at ACA Galleries
in New York in May, 2005. This item was included in the Francis Luis Mora Catalogue Raisonne, Second Volume, Watercolors.
Footnote ²: The
Legal Estate Representative to the Francis Luis Mora Estate, their contact information is the following:
Mrs. Lynne Pauls Baron
Baron Art Estate Manager
Post Office Box 212
Madison, CT
06443
t. 1800.663.0222
http://www.baronart.com
Francis Luis Mora (1874-1940), Uruguay
Francis Luis Mora (1874-1940)
was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, he was the son of Domingo Mora, a Spanish painter and sculptor who taught art in New Jersey, Boston and New York City, Francis Luis Mora attended
the Boston Museum School of Fine Art, a student of Frank Benson and Edmund Tarbell. He went on to teach at the Art Students
League, the Grand Central School of Art and the New York School of Art. His career
as a painter basically was of American life at the turn of the 20th century, working in the heart of New York City and Connecticut as a portraitist, muralist
and illustrator for some of the great names of the day. Mora painted Andrew Carnegie and President Warren Harding, whose portrait
by Mora hands on the grand staircase of the White House, and amongst his many mural commissions was the public library in
Lynn, Massachusetts and the Missouri State Building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, the year he was also made a member of the National
Academy of Design. His credits include; exhibited: Boston AC, 1898-1908; PAFA Ann., 1898-34 frequently; Phila. AC, 1901 (gold);
AAS; 1902 (gold); AIC; 1902-36; St. Louis Expo, 1904 (med); NAD, 1895; 1897, 1899, 1905 (Hallgarten prize); 1931 (prize);
NYWCC, 1907’ Corcoran Gallery/ biemmials. 1907-35 (10 times); SC, 1908 (prize), 1910 (prize); Pan.-Pacific Expo, San
Fran., 1915 (two gold medals).
For
further research on this wonderful artist, please seek out the following publication at your local bookstore. It is well rounded
book on this artist and this Trust highly recommends this publication for your reference library:
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