Jose Moya del Pino
José Moya del Piño (Born in 1891 in Priego, Spain – died 1969) a Spanish-American painter and muralist.[1] He associated with the Post-impressionists of Spain and the Depression-era muralists in the San Francisco Bay Area.[2]
Biography
José Moya del Pino studied art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid.[1] By 1925, King Alfonso XIII of Spain had appointed Moya director of the "Spanish artistic mission" to foster appreciation of Spanish art and culture in America.[3] Moya and two other distinguished members of the Spanish Court brought over 50 paintings for exhibitions in Philadelphia, New York, Washington D.C., and San Francisco.[3] He moved to San Francisco during the 1930s and taught at the San Francisco Art Students League (a cooperative space featuring an art gallery, art classes, and art supply store founded by fellow artist Ray Strong),[4] The California School of Fine Arts (now called the San Francisco Art Institute) and the College of Marin.[1]
He was known for his portraiture but he also painted murals for post offices around the Bay Area (1936-1941) as well as contributing a mural in the lobby of Coit Tower as part of the Public Works of Art Project in 1934. He also founded the Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross, California.[3]
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- Oral history interview with José Moya del Pino, from September 10, 1964 (from Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)
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