Taxco Mexico 1970 40x50 Huge

Year1970

Hand SignedSigned on Right Side in Paint 

Condition Excellent 

Framed without GlassBrown Frame With Muted Matting 

Purchased fromAuction House 

Provenance / HistoryPurchased at an auction 

Story / Additional InfoIiustrator for Disney for 12 years 

Certificate of AuthenticityCopy Right on Label in Back of Frame 

LID122322

Fil Mottola - United States

Art Brokerage: Fil Mottola American Artist: b. 1915-2008. Artist Fil Mottola was born in Orange, New Jersey. His parents came to the US from Naples, Italy. He is a graduate of Otis Art Institute, California with a three year scholarship. His teachers were Roscoe Schrader and Ralph Holmes for Landscapes, and Paul Clemens, famous Hollywood portrait painter. As a Hollywood motion picture illustrator for 12 yrs with Walt Disney Studios, he received numerous screen Credits as a background painter for productions such as "Sleeping Beauty", "Peter Pan","Lady and the Tramp", "Sword and the Stone" and many other films and TV specials Three of these films were winners of the coveted Oscar award. Mottola's work has been displayed in galleries throughout the nation for over fifty years. Sadly, Fil Mottola passed away in March of 2008. He will be missed. Listings Wanted