🔥 RARE Antique Mexican Modern WPA Mural Oil Painting, Amado Gonzalez 1960s

Description: This is a lively and well done RARE Antique Mexican Modern WPA Mural Oil Painting on Masonite, by famed early Mexican American San Francisco painter, illustrator, travel poster designer and WPA public muralist, Amado Gonzalez (1913 - 2007.) This work depicts an enthralling cantina scene, with various mariachi band members playing assorted instruments. A man in a blue shirt on the left strums a guitar, while the central figure plays a violin. A trumpet enters the frame from the right edge of the painting. Signed: "A. Gonzalez" in the lower right corner. Additionally, a framer's stamp on the verso reads: "Flax's Framing, San Francisco." This piece likely dates to the 1950's - 1960's. Approximately 23 x 27 inches (including frame.) Actual visible artwork is approximately 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches. Very good condition for age, with a few speckles of minor paint loss, and mild scuffing and edge wear to the original period frame (please see photos.) Original artworks by Amado Gonzalez are exceedingly rare, and very seldomly come up for sale. Priced to sell. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About the Artist: Amado (Gonzales) Gonzalez Born: 1913 - Guadalajara, MexicoDied: 2007 - San Francisco, CaliforniaKnown for: Illustration, mural, portrait; designName variants: Amado Gonzales Amado (Gonzales) Gonzalez (1913 - 2007) was active/lived in California / Mexico. Amado Gonzalez is known for Illustration, mural, portrait; design.Amado Gonzalez was born in Guadalajara, Mexico on Sept. 13, 1913. González settled in San Francisco in 1927 and studied at the California School of Fine Art on a scholarship. He was commissioned by Bank of America for 18 paintings used in their Fortune and Time magazine ads.He has been a part-time art professor at San Francisco City College since 1966, and began concentrating on portrait commissions in 1972. He died in San Francisco on Dec. 9, 2007. Member: San Francisco Illustrators Club (pres. 1962); Society of Western Artist. Exhibitions: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1935; Society of Western Artist (many awards). Works Held in Public Places: Commercial Club (murals); University of California Hospital (portrait).Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"Interview with the artist or his/her family; Death Record. Amado Gonzalez Posted onJune 7, 2018 ByAnn ThompsonWe knew Amado Gonzalez as our very good friend. I am only finding out now of his full range of illustration which gave him a cast of important (local) clients throughout his career. These were years when local businesses, food and wine industries completed all of their advertising needs in one place. Art studios, advertising agencies, lithographers, type shops and printers were all here. There was no faster service than within our local art community. The Society of Illustrators of San Francisco (Amado was president in 1962) – ADASF, the Art Directors and Artist Club of SF – and The San Francisco Copywriter’s Club had members that worked and socialized together.Amado was born on September 13, 1913 in Guadalajara, Mexico and following a five-year stay in Mexico City he arrived in San Francisco in 1927. He studied at the California School of Fine Arts (on a scholarship) as a muralist and portrait painter under Lucien Labaudt and Ray Boynton following the influences of Diego Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros.(Note: In the early ‘30s, Lucien Labaudt accepted the assignment from the Works Progress Administration, to decorate the walls and stairway of the Beach Chalet located along the Great Highway at Ocean Beach. Coit Tower Murals – (New Deal Agency: Public Works of Art Project (PWAP)Lucien Labaudt, “Powell Street”, 6’x32’Ray Boynton, “Animal Force and Machine Force”, 10’x36’Until 1938, Amado worked for the WPA – assisting Lucien Labaudt and Ray Boynton on the Coit Tower murals Amado had a one-man show of his work at the SFMOMA in 1935 and had many awards from the Society of Western Artists. Following this, Amado painted murals for the San Francisco Commonwealth Club and the Bank of America. Amado then became one of many top illustrators at the very large art studio founded in 1921: Patterson & Sullivan – 1939: Patterson & Hall. Now we show, in rough sequence, Amado’s major clients and the illustrations that he created for them:Dates and assignments unknown. Art samples? Line art: ‘30s? Halftone:’40s, Color: ‘50s1900s – Californian Inc., “Golden Gate Bridge”, “Top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel” –tourism1930s – Southern Pacific Hotels – tourism1930s – California-Stanford Football Poster/Program – sports (P&H created many in the 20’s – 60’s.)1931 – 1941 – Standard Oil – product1946 – American President Lines menu covers – tourism1950 – Santa Barbara, CA – tourism1950s – Bank of America ‑18 Ads for Fortune and Time magazines – business1960 – US Air Force – support1960s – The Examiner/Chronicle-California Living Section (69 paintings for Sunday Supplement) Later packaged as a set of 28.) – publication1963 – Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co.– business1965 – 1968 – California Wine Advisory Board – product Amado’s commissioned posters for the California Wine Advisory Board brought a lot of attention to the new quality wines developing in California, where up to then only low esteem jug wines were known.From 1966 and on for 28 years, Amado was a part-time instructor in the commercial art department at City College of San Francisco. CCSF was the location of one of Diego Rivera’s major murals. Amado could often see the work of the artist that inspired him so many years earlier.In 1972, Amado returned to painting portraits. 16 are at many locations at UCSF Hospital and many are at private homes. He contributed his talents and was a member of the Family Club and the Bohemian Club.Amado and Mary and family lived on Delmar Street, just a few blocks from Buena Vista Park. Mary was Greek– they were a lively couple. As salt and pepper can enhance a meal, these two added so much to any party or club occasion.Memories are wonderful. I see them, still.Ann ThompsonBruce Hettama added:An interesting note, I interviewed Amado just before he passed away (at 94 years). He was still sharp as a tack. When he died his kids took over his house and tossed his portfolio in the DUMP! Fortunately, an art student found it and they tracked me down. I bought one (bathing suit lady), and scanned all the others. Amado Gonzalez BiographyAmado Gonzalez, a muralist, portrait and poster arts, was born in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1913. He immigrated to San Francisco in 1927 and studied at the California School of Fine Arts under the disciples of Siqueiros, Diego Rivera and Orozco. He began a long career as a muralist and portrait painter. His first one-person show was at the San Francisco Museum of Art in 1935. Many shows and awards followed. From 1934 to 1938 he worked though out California for the WPA as a muralist. After the Depression he painted murals for the San Francisco Commercial Club and the Bank of America. In the 1960’s he created a long series of ads for Bank of America depicting scenes in California history. In the mid 1960’s the now defunct California Wine Advisory board commissioned him to create posters proclaiming the virtues of California wine. Before his posters, California wine was held in low esteem and was considered jug wine. But things changed quickly for California wine in the 1970’s and Gonzalez’s posters were important in “getting the word out” about California wine.Amado Gonzalez died in San Francisco in 2007. AMADO GONZALEZ OBITUARYAmado Gonzalez September 13, 1913 - December 9, 2007 Preceded in death by his beloved wife, Mary and 14 siblings. Loving father of David (Gina), Diana (Michael) and Ramon (Deborah); adored grandfather of Kevin, Mark (Kimberly), Annette Garcia; great grandfather of Haley, Nicholas and Daniel Bryant, Jesse, Ricardo and Raquel Garcia; also survived by nieces, nephews and many friends. Amado Gonzalez lived in San Francisco since his arrival from Mexico in 1927, at the age of 13. He was an artist all of his life. He began his career as a commercial artist, winning many awards in this field. Most notable were his illustration ads that ran nationally for Bank of America and his posters for the Wine Institute. In 1969 he did 69 paintings for the Sunday supplement of the Examiner/Chronicle (then known as the "California Living Section"), which featured scenic depictions of Northern California and San Francisco. In 1972 he turned his talents to painting oil portraits. Eleven of these portraits, including five chancellors, hang in various areas of the UCSF Hospital complex. Besides company presidents and board executives, there are also individual portraits that hang in many private homes around the Bay Area. Amado also extended his talents to teaching and taught at SF City College for 28 years. He was a member of the Family Club, Bohemian Club, and one of the founders and past presidents of the SF Society of Illustrators. He touched the lives of all who knew him. He was deeply loved and will be missed.

Price: 2750 USD

Location: Orange, California

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