Fil Mottola Paintings
American, 1915-2008
Fil Mottola was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1915. His parents came to the Uinited States from Naples, Italy. He is a graduate of Otis Art Institute, California, with a three-year scholarship. His teachers were Roscoe Shrader and Ralph Holmes for landscapes, and Paul Clemens, famous Hollywood portrait painter. As a Hollywood motion picture illustrator for 12 years 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, The Sword in 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 50 years. Sadly, Fil Mottola passed away in March of 2008.
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Artist: Fil Mottola
Market Place, Taxco Mexico, Oil Painting by Fil Mottola
By Fil Mottola
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Fil Mottola, American (1915 - 2008)
Title: Market Place, Taxco Mexico
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 30 x 40 inches [76 x 102.5 cm]
Framed: 38 x 48 inches [96.5 ...
Category
1980s American Realist Fil Mottola Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
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