Director of Taxco School of Arts Fidel Figueroa Vintage Oil Painting Mexico
$ 316.28
Description
Director of Taxco School of Arts Fidel Figueroa Vintage Oil Painting Mexico. Beautiful colors and impasto work. Man getting off a donkey -- people entering. Signed: F. Figueroa at bottom left hand corner. Gorgeous Vintage Mexican Oil Painting by famous artist Fidel Figueroa-- Mission/Church under beautiful old tree. Man getting off a donkey -- people entering. Beautiful colors and impasto work Likely dates to the 1940s or 1950s. By: F. Figueroa (Fidel) -- 1905 to 1975 -- see biographical notes below at end of this listing Size in Frame: 28-1/4 x 24-1/4 inches Size of Painting: 23-1/2 x 19-3/4inches. Signed: F. Figueroa at bottom left hand corner. Marked $650 on Frame:appears to be the original wood frame with “worm” holes to give it a nice distressed look Biographical info: Fidel Figueroa was a well known artist in Taxco, Mexico. He was founder (along with his wife (author Leslie de la Figueroa) and Director of the Taxco School of the Arts; also teaching there. He was known as an outstanding landscape artist. Most of his paintings were of Taxco, Mexico. The school was active in the 1940s and 1950s and taught painting, drawing plus workshops with master silversmiths including Antonio Castillo and William Spratling.
