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MONTANOLA Oil Paintings

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12 years ago
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 Montanola aka Miguel Angel Gomez Cruz (1906-1994) was a painter, illustrator, and caricaturist. He enjoyed a lengthy career as a cartoonist and artist in Ecuador and created several well known Ecuadorian cartoon characters & also created political cartoons that included political messages in his comic strips. He worked for thirty six years as a cartoonist for El Universo, a Guayaquil newspaper, the most prominent newspaper in Ecuador. He was born on 29 December 1906 in Guayaquil, Ecuador & emigrated to the US in the late 1970's. He retired to Burbank, California, where he died on 9 January 1994. He reportedly painted hundreds of oil paintings while living in California.

Category Paintings
Medium Oil on canvas. Unframed.
Distinguishing marks All are signed by the artist & each piece has a handwritten label with the title of the painting and some type of index or cataloging system.
Condition Mint
Size and dimensions of this item All in this collection are 8X10's with the exception of one 16X20 (Arizona)
Date Period 1980's
Weight 2-3 lbs. each.
History These paintings were offered to me as partial payment on a debt. I believe they were part of a 229 piece private collection that was auctioned off several years ago.
Price $make offer$
Price Paid (If known) Idk
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