Oscar Murillo Acrylic Painting

Item Details

Oscar Murillo (Mexico/America; 1940- 2017)
Untitled
Acrylic painting on canvas
Unsigned
Estate stamp to the verso

An acrylic painting on canvas by artist Oscar Murillo (Mexico/America; 1940- 2017). This piece features a dappled composition rendered in cool-tones with dark overlapping bursts of blue travelling down the canvas. The artist’s estate stamp is present 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

- to poor; wear to edges of painting; minor fraying to canvas edges; dust and accretions present to painting surface; two repaired holes to center of painting; heavy billow to canvas; canvas loose on hoop.

Dimensions

Item #

18DCC642-078