Oscar Murillo Oil Painting "Warm is the Sea", 1967-1968

Item Details

Oscar Murillo (Mexican-American, 1940-2017)
Warm Is The Sea, 1967-1968
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the verso
Dated and titled to the verso

Provenance
From the artist’s estate

Oscar Murillo was a prominent figure in the 1960s and 1970s Los Angeles art scene. Born in Mexico, he immigrated to the United States and settled permanently in the San Fernando Valley. He studied at San Fernando Valley State College (known today as Cal State Northridge) and received his Bachelors and Masters of Fine Arts. Murillo remained active in his community, teaching art and exhibiting his art in galleries in San Fernando Valley, CA and Santé Fe, NM.

Condition

- several abrasions, stains, minor tears throughout the edges of the canvas; signs of paint rubbing due to previous framing throughout the composition margins; areas of paint loss, accretions, stains, areas of discolorations and scratches throughout the composition.

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Item #

ITMG731193