Oil Portrait Painting by Hector Moncayo, Framed

Description

For your consideration, we are presenting for sale this fantastic vintage oil on canvas painting by listed artist Hector Moncayo … more For your consideration, we are presenting for sale this fantastic vintage oil on canvas painting by listed artist Hector Moncayo . Depicts abstract portrait of a gentleman playing a musical instrument .
Displayed on a wooden frame . A wire hanger is installed to the verso.

Measures:
20.0 w x 1.5 d x 25.0 h / inches

In great vintage condition, some wear / marks consistent with age . Please see all photos for additional details .

ABOUT THE ARTIST HECTOR MONCAYO .


Hector Moncayo (1895-1984) Patriarch of the "Moncayo Painters" of Ecuador, he attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Quito [School of Fine Arts of Quito]. He attended the school only for a short time, starting to paint independently in 1908. Cultural landscapes, street-side scenes, flowers, human figures, and portraits became his characteristic themes. He married Elena Merino who also developed a gift for the arts and began painting bucolic landscapes in small formats. Two of their children as well as other members of the extended family also became painters. less