Description: This oil on canvas by Hernando G. Villa is a very well executed painting and dated 1927. A all original painting and frame in excellent condition with no damage or repairs. It measures 16" x 12" and the gilded frame 20" x 16". The painting is signed and date 2, 27 on the lower right. Check the photos for condition. Hernando Gonzalo Villa (1881-1952) was a prominent commercial artist and muralist whose work primarily depicted Native Americans, Mexican vaqueros, California missions, Spanish colonialists, and coastal views. Villa was born in Los Angeles, California to Esiquia Asevedo and Miguel Villa. His parents came to Los Angeles as children from Baja California in 1846 when the area was still part of Mexico. Villa was the youngest of 5 children and was born in an adobe at what is now the corner of 6th and Spring streets in downtown Los Angeles. Villa graduated from the Los Angeles School of Art and Design in 1905. Villa established himself as a commercial artist in Los Angeles, illustrating magazines including the Pasadena Daily News, The West Coast Magazine, and Town Talk, as well as a variety of artwork ranging from sheet music covers to newspaper advertisements, and a poster for the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. Villa also created advertising art for the Southern Pacific Railroad, the Los Angeles Limited, and the Santa Fe Railway. He enjoyed a forty year relationship with the Santa Fe for which he created some of his best known images including the Santa Fe Chief emblem. In addition to commercial print work, Villa also executed easel paintings throughout his career which he showed primarily in California. He worked in oil, watercolor, pastel, and charcoal. Villa was also a celebrated muralist who created murals for Tally's New Broadway Theater in Los Angeles in 1916, the New Rialto Theater in Phoenix, Arizona in 1921, and Citizen Bank in Los Angeles in 1926. Villa won a gold medal for a mural exhibited at the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in 1915. Please email any questions you may have. Buyer to pay within 2 days after close of auction. I want the buyer to be 100% satisfied so I allow a full refund (minus the return shipping of course) and the buyer has 14 days to return the item. I ship all of my items insured so as to protect the investment of the winning bidder...thanks for looking! A word about feedback and ratings: I want buyers to understand that good feedback and ratings are extremely important to me. I work hard to try to make sure that every transaction is smooth. If you feel that you are not able to leave good ratings for whatever reason please contact me and I will resolve the issue.
Price: 695 USD
Location: Southern, California
End Time: 2024-11-24T23:57:42.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1927
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Signed: Yes
Style: Realism
Theme: Nautical
Material: Canvas
Framing: Framed
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Subject: Ship, Ships
Handmade: Yes
