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Horacio Renteria Rocha (1912-1972) Mexico, O/C

Sold for $800 at Sarasota Estate Auction on Jan 21, 2024.

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Horacio Renteria Rocha (1912-1972) Mexican, Oil on Canvas. Mexican folk art painting of a girl with a cat. Signed Horacio in the lower right. Overall Size: 24 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. Sight Size: 17 x 23 1/2 in. #4611 . Horacio Renteria Rocha is known for Painting. Horacio Rentería, whose real name was Jose Melitón, was born in Durango and was a prolific self-taught painter. From an early age he showed faculties for the arts, mainly drawing and watercolor, the latter being the one he would perfect in his early works. His most representative works portray various characters of society (mainly children) portrayed in the nineteenth century fashion, and incorporating various elements characteristic of the traditional Mexican environment. Rentería had a vision of his time with nostalgic nuances of past centuries.

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