Manuel de la Peña

Seal's - Paper & Cartoon - Mexican Folk Art - Cactus Fine Art

2016

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE Artisan: Jessica Yazmin Fuerte Alejo FONART Rescue National Award  FONART 2nd. Edition National Award "Grandes Maestros del Patrimonio Artesanal 2015" C...

Aguila - Eagle Alebrije This Mexican Aguila - Eagle Alebrije made with Copal wood, wood carving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with acrylic paintings with Zapotec symbols. At Cactus Fine Art...

Frida Espectacular - Amazing Frida Made with natural clay and polychrome painting. Hand-modeled technique and cooked in an oven. LISTING =================================== 1 Ceramic Frida =================================== DETAILS =================================== Time of Preparation: 2.5 months Made: Izuca de Matamoros, Puebla, México. Dimensions: 12" x 16" x 6" in or 30x 40" x 15 cm Artisan: Taller Alfonso Castillo Orta...

MASTERPIECE Masterpiece made of Inlay Nacre glued with vegetal glue over the wood and painting with tints and oils. LISTING =================================== 1 Inlay Nacre Frame ...

Carlos Alberto Rutilo Ortiz. Hand Painted Mexican Folk Art on Amate Paper. Guerrero, Mexico. Technique: Painting on Amate Paper. Signed ...

Complete title: El Origen del Deseo - Estoy Dentro de Alegría (The Origin of Desire - I am Inside of Happiness) Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, ...

This retablo was purchased by the gallery in Mexico City. I knew the family that sold the retablo to me. It is dated 1853 because the story on the retablo was passed down for generations and a relative of Lourdes painted it in her memory. The description on the ex-voto reads: "Thanks to the Virgen of San Juan de los Lagos that I have a new job with my new bosses. That they like my food and they don't mind what I prepare for them. " It is in excellent condition. It is framed behind conservatorship glass. The framed size is 14" x 15". The class should only be cleaned with ammonia free cleaner. An ex-voto is a votive offering to a saint or to a divinity; the term is usually restricted to Christian examples. It is given in fulfillment of a vow (hence the Latin term, short for ex voto suscepto, "from the vow made") or in gratitude or devotion. Ex-votos are placed in a church or chapel where the worshiper seeks grace or wishes to give thanks. The destinations of pilgrimages often include shrines decorated with ex-votos. Ex-votos can take a wide variety of forms. They are not only intended for the helping figure, but also as a testimony to later visitors of the received help. As such they may include texts explaining a miracle attributed to the helper, or symbols such as a painted or modeled reproduction of a miraculously healed body part, or a directly related item such as a crutch given by a person formerly lame. There are places where a very old tradition of depositing ex-votos existed, such as Abydos in ancient Egypt. Especially in the Latin world, there is a tradition of votive paintings...

An early example titled Satans Sweatshirt, 1969. This example was loaned by a prominent early collector to the seminal Bryon Gallery Single artist show 1969, NYC. Hand drawn images...