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Fil Mottola Paintings

American, 1915-2008

Fil Mottola was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1915. His parents came to the Uinited States from Naples, Italy. He is a graduate of Otis Art Institute, California, with a three-year scholarship. His teachers were Roscoe Shrader and Ralph Holmes for landscapes, and Paul Clemens, famous Hollywood portrait painter. As a Hollywood motion picture illustrator for 12 years with Walt Disney Studios, he received numerous screen credits as a background painter for productions such as Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, The Sword in the Stone and many other films and TV specials. Three of these films were winners of the coveted Oscar award. Mottola's work has been displayed in galleries throughout the nation for over 50 years. Sadly, Fil Mottola passed away in March of 2008.

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Artist: Fil Mottola
Market Place, Taxco Mexico, Oil Painting by Fil Mottola
Market Place, Taxco Mexico, Oil Painting by Fil Mottola

Market Place, Taxco Mexico, Oil Painting by Fil Mottola

By Fil Mottola

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Artist: Fil Mottola, American (1915 - 2008) Title: Market Place, Taxco Mexico Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r. Size: 30 x 40 inches [76 x 102.5 cm] Framed: 38 x 48 inches [96.5 ...

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1980s American Realist Fil Mottola Paintings

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