Oscar Murillo Mixed Media Painting

Item Details

Oscar Murillo (Mexican/American; 1940- 2017)
Untitled
Acrylic and oil painting on canvas
Initialed to the lower right and signed to the verso
Estate stamp to the verso
Presented in a wooden frame

An oil and acrylic painting on canvas by artist Oscar Murillo (Mexican/American; 1940- 2017). This piece depicts a cool-toned geometric composition overlapped by rippling delineations. The artist’s initials are present to the lower right corner and it is signed 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 fair; dust and accretions present to painting surface; wear to edges of frame; stain to lower right corner of painting.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 10" W x 11.75" H.

Item #

18DCC642-011