390:
Sonia, died suddenly of food poisoning. A few months later, he took
Rosemary out of school and went to live with Jo who had recently moved from Carmel to nearby Pebble Beach. He soon returned to New York in 1932 to marry a former portrait sitter and wealthy widow, May Safford. Mora was 58 years old, and May was 53 and had a grown daughter who was already married. Although he continued to exhibit, he won no further medals and few, if any, of his easel paintings were selling. Because of the Great Depression, he also suffered a dearth of portrait commissions, and his illustrations became few. Sadly, May did not get along with Rosemary; and Mora sent Rosemary to expensive boarding schools, further compromising his financial situation. Mora gradually ran out of money, and in 1939 he rented his beloved Gaylordsville property to strangers.
223:
234:
455:
31:
100:-born American figural painter. Mora worked in watercolor, oils and tempera. He produced drawings in pen and ink, and graphite; and etchings and monotypes. He is known for his paintings and drawings depicting American life in the early 20th century; Spanish life and society; historical and allegorical subjects; with murals, easel painting and illustrations. He also was a popular art instructor.
416:
He had numerous solo shows in museums and in galleries. He exhibited across the United States, in New York City and State, Indiana, California, Georgia, and others. His galleryist patrons were
William Macbeth, Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Milch, all known for showing the best American artists of the
412:
Mora also produced a large series of
Impressionist paintings with American subjects. Many pictured life in the Connecticut and New Jersey countryside, and picnic scenes. He loved children, and some of his most notable and published scenes pictured happy youngsters at play. He was also interested in
389:
and was feted by the Carmel Art
Association, which opened a highly publicized “special exhibition” of his paintings on May 1. Unfortunately, he plunged headlong into a raging controversy over juried exhibitions at the Association; Luis opposed culling by juries. In 1931, Luis Mora's beloved wife,
420:
Only recently, with the publication of his comprehensive biography by Lynne Pauls Baron, edited by Peter
Hastings Falk, has Mora's memory and works experienced accolades that he deserves. On September 20, 2008, Bacardi U.S.A., Inc. sponsored a gala celebration and lectures in Mora's honor at New
363:
He and Sonia bought land in
Gaylordsville, Connecticut in 1913, where he painted an array of easel paintings of everyday life in the countryside. On July 22, 1918, Mora's daughter, Rosemary, was born. She became his constant subject, and in 1921 he had a solo exhibition at the venerable William
245:, and was elected a full member in 1906, probably its first Hispanic member. He was also voted as a member to 15 other art societies. Mora won numerous medals and awards within the New York artistic community, including the Rothschild Prize, the Carnegie Prize, the Shaw Purchase Prize at the
473:
Mora was closely related to the
Bacardi family, famous for its rum. His mother was a Gaillard with two sisters who married into the Bacardi family which had many children. Mora's uncle Facundo Bacardi (married to Ernestina Gaillard) was the company's "master blender" who made rum a light,
163:), where Domingo Mora had sculpture commissions. Mora graduated from Allston High School, and stated in a later interview that he remembered the school fondly. During the Economic Crash of 1893, they all went back to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, which remained Mora's home base all of his life.
166:
While he was a child, Mora's father oversaw his early education in the arts, and young Luis produced hundreds of drawings and watercolors. He was a precocious young artist, drawing historical scenes and scenes of his contemporary environs. At the age of fifteen Mora enrolled in the
364:
Macbeth
Gallery, entitled "An American Summer," with many watercolors picturing toddler Rosemary. In 1923, he completed his summer home and studio; and in 1924, Mora was a co-founder of the Kent Art Association in Connecticut. In 192709, Mora had a solo exhibition at the
355:
Mora would return to Spain frequently throughout his career, and he had at least two extended stays when he painted. During 1905, he rented a studio in Madrid from which to work, and in 1909 he and Sonia spent an entire year abroad when he took a studio in
348:. That portrait remains on permanent display in the White House. He painted portraits of Society matrons and their children, prominent physicians and attorneys; and around 1915 he painted a series of portraits of actresses and dancers, including
480:
Mora's only known living descendants are a great-niece in
California, a nephew in California, a niece in New Jersey who has vivid memories of him; and many cousins in the Bacardi-Gaillard family who are directly related.
333:(also known as the St. Louis World's Fair)in 1904. He continued to receive commissions, including murals for Columbia College, the Governor's Mansion of New Jersey, the Red Cross, The Town Club and Bar in Manhattan, the
213:
In 1900, Mora married the daughter of the mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Sophia ("Sonia") Brown
Compton, who was his childhood sweetheart. She encouraged his easel painting, and he set forth on a successful career.
446:, Yale University Art Gallery, The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, National Arts Club in New York. Phoenix Art Museum, The National Academy of Design in New York, San Diego Museum of Art, and many others.
409:. He also produced a series of nudes, many with Spanish shawls as backdrops. He painted a portrait of his only daughter, Rosemary, "In Costume" in 1925, showing her as a little Senorita pushing a doll carriage.
441:
American Art Museum. Mora's works are also held by The Butler Museum of Art in Ohio, The Newark Museum, The Telfair Museum in Savannah, The New York Historical Society, The Museum of the City of New York, the
466:
F. Luis Mora was married for 31 years to Sophia ("Sonia") Brown Compton Mora. They had one daughter, Rosemary, who never married and never had children; and therefore Mora's direct lineage ended with her.
417:
era. Mora participated in group shows in dozens of art societies, museums and galleries. He was famous in his lifetime, but was quickly forgotten because his works were poorly handled after his death.
401:
Mora is known for his attempts to translate the techniques of the Spanish Old Masters to a modern American idiom. Since Mora's initial travels in Spain coincided with the emergence of the
470:
After Sophia died, in 1932 Mora married May Safford. May was 53 at the time, and there were no children from the marriage. Mora does not have any grandchildren or great-grandchildren.
187:. By 1892, he was also receiving commissions for illustrations in popular magazines of the era. His formal art education was complete in 1893, when he was just 19 years old.
155:, where Domingo Mora accepted a position with the A.H. White Terra Cotta Company, which was renamed The Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Company. The family would later relocate to
839:
799:
794:
210:
and other Spanish Old Masters. Over the course of many visits to the Prado, Mora practiced and refined his technique by painting copies of Velasquez's works.
789:
276:. During this time Mora also embarked upon a successful and prolific career as an illustrator, producing work for several books and publications, including
849:
659:"Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, vol. One, East Bay Heritage Project, Oakland, 2012; by Robert W. Edwards"
413:
music and theater, and painted scenes with American actresses and dancers. He was elected to fifteen art societies where he won many medals and awards.
477:
Luis Mora's father, Domingo Mora, was Catalan with a large family in Spain. It is not known whether any Mora family members are still living in Spain.
321:
In addition to his success as an easel painter and illustrator, Mora became a well known muralist. His first mural, in 1900, was a commission for the
168:
344:
among his subjects. After at least one attempt by another artist, Mora was selected by the Fine Arts Commission to paint a posthumous portrait of
844:
819:
730:
624:
314:
Mora was one of several illustrators who volunteered to create motivational World War I posters for the Third and Fourth Liberty Loan Boards,
594:
564:
405:, a portion of his oeuvre has been interpreted as an attempt to understand modern Spain and Spanish–U.S. relations in the aftermath of the
755:
834:
649:
261:
769:
829:
824:
315:
190:
In 1896 when he was 22 years old, Mora traveled to Europe with his mother, his third trip to Europe. The two visited family in
180:
748:
Biography of F. Luis Mora: America's First Hispanic Master [1874-1940] by Lynne Pauls Baron, Falk Art Reference, 2008
386:
334:
330:
683:
518:
222:
804:
459:
434:
242:
658:
764:
406:
233:
656:
An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website (
306:
152:
136:
family, famous for its rum. Mora was close to the Bacardi family all of his life. He had a younger brother,
147:
The Moras left Uruguay during an insurgency in 1877, when they went to Catalonia. In 1880, they arrived in
284:
172:
550:
257:
199:
184:
814:
809:
443:
402:
290:
269:
454:
326:
322:
296:
265:
176:
374:
278:
207:
645:
590:
560:
345:
583:; National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.); International Exhibitions Foundation (1987).
770:
F. Luis Mora photographs, papers, and notebooks in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art
752:
614:. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1919. Internet Archive. Retrieved 3 Dec. 2008. p. 38
759:
341:
337:, and in the Sears family (Sears & Roebuck) country home in Brookline, Massachusetts.
246:
203:
609:
349:
30:
783:
589:. International Exhibitions Foundation for the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
580:
523:. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. Google Books. Retrieved 1 Dec. 2008. p. 192
422:
250:
148:
132:. Laura Gaillard Mora had two sisters, Ernestina and Gabriella, who married into the
85:
74:
70:
642:
Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, Vol. 1
538:. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. Google Books. Retrieved 1 Dec. 2008. p. 19
329:. Following that, Mora received a commission for the Missouri State Building at the
249:; and in 1915 he won a gold medal at the Panama Pacific International Exhibition in
365:
117:
694:
584:
554:
533:
260:
Chase School of Art (renamed the New York School of Art in 1898, later to become
438:
311:
534:
Eldredge, Charles C, Georgia O'Keeffe, Hayward Hayward, and Yokohama Yokohama.
774:
393:
Mora died on June 5, 1940, in May's elegant apartment in New York. He was 64.
273:
141:
109:
44:
369:
191:
121:
97:
662:
433:
Mora's works are currently held or on display in 34 museums, including the
725:
Painting and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design
268:, who studied with him between 1907 and 1908; another was the miniaturist
206:. It was there, alongside Chase, that Mora became inspired by the art of
775:
Francis Luis Mora artwork can be viewed at American Art Archives web site
747:
507:
140:, who would go on to become a noted sculptor, photographer and author in
125:
382:
357:
156:
137:
133:
113:
48:
644:. Oakland, Calif.: East Bay Heritage Project. pp. 217, 219, 690.
484:
Mora's family relationships are noted in his comprehensive biography,
195:
160:
129:
718:
Vistas de España: American Views of Art and Life in Spain, 1860–1914
521:
Vistas De España: American Views of Art and Life in Spain, 1860–1914
453:
232:
221:
124:, and Laura Gaillard, a cultured French woman originally from the
765:
F. Luis Mora in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
731:"Harding Hung." Time 28 Jul. 1930: n. pag. Retrieved 2 Dec. 2008.
556:
American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
695:
Mora Book Announcement. fluismora.org. Retrieved 2 Dec. 2008.
742:
458:"Mrs. F. Luis Mora and Her Sister" by F. Luis Mora at the
179:. In 1892, Mora went on to complete his education at the
264:) and the Art Students League. Among his students was
171:, where he studied under the American Impressionists
340:Mora was also a successful portraitist who counted
81:
55:
37:
21:
381:In January 1928 Luis visited his younger brother,
256:Mora taught illustration and life classes at both
241:In 1904 Mora was voted an Associate member of the
727:. New York; Manchester: Hudson Hills Press, 2004.
508:Biography. fluismora.org. Retrieved 6 Feb. 2009.
503:
501:
711:F. Luis Mora: America's First Hispanic Master
486:F. Luis Mora: America's First Hispanic Master
549:Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.);
8:
743:Educational Website devoted to F. Luis Mora
29:
18:
720:. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007.
169:School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
840:Uruguayan emigrants to the United States
713:. Madison, CT; Falk Art Reference, 2008.
488:by Lynne Pauls Baron, pages 315 to 317.
800:Art Students League of New York faculty
497:
795:Art Students League of New York alumni
16:Uruguayan-American painter (1874–1940)
536:Georgia O'Keeffe: American and Modern
372:), which received glowing reviews in
96:(July 27, 1874 – June 5, 1940) was a
7:
629:28 Jul. 1930. Retrieved 2 Dec. 2008.
316:U.S. Committee on Public Information
790:People from Perth Amboy, New Jersey
850:20th-century American male artists
437:in New York (eight works) and the
14:
586:American women artists, 1830–1930
198:, where Mora coincidentally saw
553:; Lori Zabar (1 January 2010).
181:Art Students League of New York
845:Burials at Montrepose Cemetery
820:20th-century American painters
559:. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
272:, and a third was the painter
1:
387:Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
331:Louisiana Purchase Exposition
421:York's National Art Club on
640:Edwards, Robert W. (2012).
346:President Warren G. Harding
151:, and quickly relocated to
866:
460:Metropolitan Museum of Art
435:Metropolitan Museum of Art
335:1939 New York World's Fair
243:National Academy of Design
753:Short bio on F. Luis Mora
610:Gallatin, Albert Eugene.
474:pleasant-tasting spirit.
108:F. Luis Mora was born in
104:Early years and education
28:
835:Painters from New Jersey
310:. Additionally, during
138:Joseph Jacinto "Jo" Mora
120:, a noted sculptor from
830:Artists from Montevideo
716:Boone, Mary Elizabeth.
519:Boone, Mary Elizabeth.
368:Museo de Bellas Artes (
258:William Merritt Chase's
153:Perth Amboy, New Jersey
825:American male painters
463:
238:
230:
173:Edmund Charles Tarbell
159:, Massachusetts (near
612:Art and the Great War
551:Carrie Rebora Barratt
457:
397:Artistic significance
236:
225:
200:William Merritt Chase
185:Henry Siddons Mowbray
723:Dearinger, David B.
709:Baron, Lynne Pauls.
450:Family relationships
444:Toledo Museum of Art
407:Spanish–American War
352:and Jeanne Cartier.
307:Ladies' Home Journal
270:Helen Winslow Durkee
237:Subway riders in NYC
327:Lynn, Massachusetts
323:Lynn Public Library
227:Out of Town Trolley
218:Professional career
194:and then headed to
177:Frank Weston Benson
805:American muralists
758:2019-05-13 at the
684:Boone, pp. 175–176
464:
375:The New York Times
239:
231:
596:978-0-940979-01-7
566:978-1-58839-357-9
403:Generation of '98
94:Francis Luis Mora
91:
90:
857:
697:
692:
686:
681:
675:
673:
671:
670:
661:. Archived from
655:
637:
631:
625:"Harding Hung."
622:
616:
607:
601:
600:
577:
571:
570:
546:
540:
531:
525:
516:
510:
505:
266:Georgia O'Keeffe
183:, studying with
66:
64:
33:
19:
865:
864:
860:
859:
858:
856:
855:
854:
780:
779:
760:Wayback Machine
739:
706:
701:
700:
693:
689:
682:
678:
668:
666:
657:
652:
639:
638:
634:
623:
619:
608:
604:
597:
579:
578:
574:
567:
548:
547:
543:
532:
528:
517:
513:
506:
499:
494:
452:
431:
399:
342:Andrew Carnegie
302:Sunday Magazine
279:Harper's Weekly
247:Salmagundi Club
220:
208:Diego Velázquez
204:Museo del Prado
106:
77:
68:
62:
60:
51:
42:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
863:
861:
853:
852:
847:
842:
837:
832:
827:
822:
817:
812:
807:
802:
797:
792:
782:
781:
778:
777:
772:
767:
762:
750:
745:
738:
737:External links
735:
734:
733:
728:
721:
714:
705:
702:
699:
698:
687:
676:
650:
632:
617:
602:
595:
572:
565:
541:
526:
511:
496:
495:
493:
490:
451:
448:
430:
427:
398:
395:
350:Isadora Duncan
219:
216:
105:
102:
89:
88:
83:
79:
78:
69:
67:(aged 65)
57:
53:
52:
43:
39:
35:
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
862:
851:
848:
846:
843:
841:
838:
836:
833:
831:
828:
826:
823:
821:
818:
816:
813:
811:
808:
806:
803:
801:
798:
796:
793:
791:
788:
787:
785:
776:
773:
771:
768:
766:
763:
761:
757:
754:
751:
749:
746:
744:
741:
740:
736:
732:
729:
726:
722:
719:
715:
712:
708:
707:
703:
696:
691:
688:
685:
680:
677:
665:on 2016-04-29
664:
660:
653:
651:9781467545679
647:
643:
636:
633:
630:
628:
621:
618:
615:
613:
606:
603:
598:
592:
588:
587:
582:
581:Eleanor Tufts
576:
573:
568:
562:
558:
557:
552:
545:
542:
539:
537:
530:
527:
524:
522:
515:
512:
509:
504:
502:
498:
491:
489:
487:
482:
478:
475:
471:
468:
461:
456:
449:
447:
445:
440:
436:
428:
426:
424:
423:Gramercy Park
418:
414:
410:
408:
404:
396:
394:
391:
388:
384:
379:
377:
376:
371:
367:
361:
359:
353:
351:
347:
343:
338:
336:
332:
328:
324:
319:
317:
313:
309:
308:
303:
299:
298:
293:
292:
287:
286:
281:
280:
275:
271:
267:
263:
259:
254:
252:
251:San Francisco
248:
244:
235:
228:
224:
217:
215:
211:
209:
205:
201:
197:
193:
188:
186:
182:
178:
174:
170:
164:
162:
158:
154:
150:
149:New York City
145:
143:
139:
135:
131:
127:
123:
119:
115:
111:
103:
101:
99:
95:
87:
84:
80:
76:
75:United States
72:
58:
54:
50:
46:
41:July 27, 1874
40:
36:
32:
27:
20:
724:
717:
710:
690:
679:
667:. Retrieved
663:the original
641:
635:
626:
620:
611:
605:
585:
575:
555:
544:
535:
529:
520:
514:
485:
483:
479:
476:
472:
469:
465:
432:
419:
415:
411:
400:
392:
380:
373:
366:Buenos Aires
362:
354:
339:
320:
305:
301:
295:
289:
283:
277:
255:
240:
226:
212:
189:
165:
146:
118:Domingo Mora
107:
93:
92:
59:June 5, 1940
23:F. Luis Mora
815:1940 deaths
810:1874 births
439:Smithsonian
312:World War I
291:The Century
82:Nationality
784:Categories
669:2016-06-07
492:References
285:Scribner's
274:Molly Luce
142:California
128:region of
110:Montevideo
63:1940-06-06
45:Montevideo
370:Argentina
297:Collier's
192:Barcelona
122:Catalonia
98:Uruguayan
756:Archived
126:Bordeaux
86:American
71:New York
704:Sources
383:Jo Mora
358:Seville
262:Parsons
202:in the
157:Allston
134:Bacardi
114:Uruguay
61: (
49:Uruguay
648:
593:
563:
462:, 1902
429:Legacy
304:, and
229:(1916)
196:Madrid
161:Boston
130:France
385:, in
116:, to
646:ISBN
627:Time
591:ISBN
561:ISBN
175:and
56:Died
38:Born
325:in
786::
674:).
500:^
425:.
378:.
360:.
318:.
300:,
294:,
288:,
282:,
253:.
144:.
112:,
73:,
47:,
672:.
654:.
599:.
569:.
65:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
