Background
Mora, Francis Luis was born on July 27, 1874 in Montevideo, Uruguay, South America Son of Domingo and Laura (Gaillard) Mora.
Mora, Francis Luis was born on July 27, 1874 in Montevideo, Uruguay, South America Son of Domingo and Laura (Gaillard) Mora.
Educated Manning’s Seminary, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, public schools, New York and Boston. Art education School of Drawing and Painting, Museum Fine Arts, Boston, Art Students’ League, New New York
Married second, May G. Safford, July 6, 1932. Elected vice president Art Students’ League, after completing studies there. Beginning about 1892 did illustrating work for all the leading magazines and periodicals.
First important commission, large decorative panel for main reading hall, Lynn (Massachusetts) Public Library, 1900.
Represented in all most important art exhibitions in America, since 1894. Painted decorations for Missouri State Building, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904.
Also mural decorations for Orpheum Theatre, Los Los Angeles Decorative panel Red Cross Headquarters, Washington.
While student, received Sears prize, Museum Fine Arts, Boston, Rothschild prize, Art Students’ League, New New York
Later gold medals, Philadelphia Art Club, 1901, and American Fine Arts Society, Philadelphia, 1902. Bronze medal, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904. 1st Hallgarten prize, National Academy Design, 1905.
Beal prize, New York Water Color Club, 1907.
Evans prize, Salmagundi Club, 1908. Shaw prize, same, 1910.
Silver medal, International Fine Arts Exposition, Buenos Aires, 1910. 2 gold medals, San Francisco Exposition, 1915.
Carnegie prize, National Academy, New York, 1930.
Teacher in drawing and painting classes, New York School of Art for 9 years. North.A., 1906; member Municipal Art Society Represented in Metropolitan Museum, New New York Atlanta Museum; Newark Museum.
Dallas Art Association.
Toledo Museum of Artist Butler Gallery of Art, Youngstown, O.
Richmond (Indiana) Art Association. Royal Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada.
Permanent collection of National Academy Design.
Painting of late President Warren Harding in White House. Portrait of Andrew Carnegie for Carnegie Corporation centenary gift to libraries. Murals for post offices in Clarkesville, Tennessee, and Catasauqua, Pennsylvania.
Painting “Our Christian Era” for Dun and Bradstreet office, New York World’s Fair.
Home: New York, New New York
Member Municipal Art Society Represented in Metropolitan
Married Sophia Brown Compton, September 12, 1900. Married second, May G. Safford, July 6, 1932.