# Francis Luis Mora artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1874-07-27
- Nationality: American
- Movements: Early 20th-century American figural painting
- Common media: oil painting, watercolor, tempera, pen and ink drawing, graphite drawing, etching, monotype

## About Francis Luis Mora

Francis Luis Mora (1874–1940) was a Uruguayan-born American painter, illustrator, muralist, and teacher whose career centered in New York City. Born in Montevideo, he moved to the United States and became known for figural paintings capturing American and Spanish life in the early twentieth century. Mora worked across a wide range of media — oil, watercolor, tempera, pen and ink, graphite, etching, and monotype — and produced murals, easel paintings, and illustrations for major publications. His subject matter spanned genre scenes, historical and allegorical compositions, and depictions of everyday society. He was also a sought-after art instructor during his lifetime. Mora's work bridges academic figural tradition and the emerging modern sensibility of early twentieth-century American art.

## Common works and media

Mora's output includes oil on canvas figural paintings and genre scenes, watercolor landscapes and society subjects, tempera works, large-scale mural commissions (including studies for public buildings such as post offices), pen-and-ink and graphite drawings, etchings, monotypes, and published illustrations. Subjects frequently depict early twentieth-century American life, Spanish cultural scenes, historical narratives, and allegorical figures.

## Market and appraisal context

Francis Luis Mora's work appears regularly at auction, encompassing oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, and illustration art. Key factors affecting appraisal include medium (oils and mural studies generally command stronger results than works on paper), subject matter, dimensions, provenance, and condition. His illustrations for publications and his etchings and monotypes form a distinct segment of his market. Collectors should note that Mora signed works under variant names, including F. Luis Mora and F. Louis Mora, which can affect attribution research. Appraisal values should be informed by comparable public auction records, sale dates, and the specific medium and subject of the work in question.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine identity research from library authority files, museum records, and scholarly sources with available auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. For Francis Luis Mora, this page draws on the Getty Union List of Artist Names, the Library of Congress Name Authority File, VIAF, the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, and Wikidata, alongside Appraisily's internal database of 447 recorded works.

## Sources

- RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/57578
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2004017538
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/31947040/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500012333
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5423958
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Luis_Mora