welovepaintings:

F. Luis Mora

The Artist in His Studio, 1905
Oil on canvas, 16 x 12
Collection of Dr. Marvin and Mrs. Rhoda Kantor

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Mora dedicated his career to imbue American painting with the techniques of the great Spanish masters. He often noted that his role as an artist was “the expression of beauty.” In 1910 he wrote, “Art is the whispering of the great voice of nature.” Despite his great success he suffered tragedies, too, and by the end of his life he had become virtually forgotten.

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