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.
Market Place, Taxco Mexico, Oil Painting by Fil Mottola
By Fil Mottola
Located in Long Island City, NY
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 ...
Masonite, Oil
$11,000
H 26.75 in W 32.75 in D 8 in
Jim Rey b.1938. CA/CO artist. Oil on canvas, "A Tough Position" 18 x 24
Located in Basalt, CO
Jim Rey b. 1939. Original oil on canvas painting with custom frame. 18 x 24 canvas size. This work was painted in 2004, at a most expressive time in Rey's career. From the artist's...
Canvas, Oil
$6,000
H 40 in W 52 in D 2 in
“New Americans" 1941 WPA Exhibited Carnegie Percy Albee
Located in Exton, PA
Monumental, important WPA painting signed by Percy Albee. The painting is oil canvas measuring 36" x 48". Titled verso "New Americans", this WPA painting was exhibited at the Carnegi...
Oil
$13,000
H 20 in W 24 in
Along Central Park. New York City Street Scene Original Oil Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
New York City scene of two women walking down a sidewalk with a park in the background, in the foreground a man is walking a small dog. American life is captured in this Clyde Sing...
Masonite, Oil
$19,500
H 34.5 in W 46.5 in D 3 in
Jim Rey b.1938. CA/CO artist. Oil on canvas, "Watching the Wild Ones" 24 x 36
Located in Basalt, CO
Jim Rey b. 1939. Original oil on canvas painting with custom frame. 24 x 36 canvas size. This work was painted in 2004, at a most expressive time in Rey's career. From the art...
Canvas, Oil
$50,000
H 41 in W 36 in D 4 in
Snow in the City, American Winter Scene Painting, Ornate Frame, Mid-Century Oil
Located in Marco Island, FL
American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, Snow in the City (1954), where he depicts an everyday moment in the city. An ordinary scene, of a group of women making thei...
Oil, Board
$11,000
H 29 in W 25 in D 2 in
Bill Bally Blacksmithing- American Scene. Americana Bicycle Minnesota
Located in Marco Island, FL
American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, Bill Bally Blacksmithing (1987), where he depicts a woman riding her bicycle by a historic and quintessential Minnesota busin...
Oil, Canvas
$84,000
H 25 in W 39 in
Before the Deluge, Republican Headquarters before Landon lost to Roosevelt.
Located in Marco Island, FL
In 1936, Alfred Landon and Frank Knox were the Republican candidates for President and Vice President. They were defeated in a landslide by Franklin Roosevelt. Clyde Singer captures ...
Oil, Canvas
$5,500
H 17.5 in W 14.75 in
Mailing the Letter-Original Oil Painting-American Realisim
Located in Marco Island, FL
American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, Mailing the Letter, where he depicts a woman posting her mail in 1986. An accomplished American Scene painter, Singer success...
Masonite, Oil
$9,500
H 10.2 in W 20.2 in
The Day's Catch. American Indian Mid-Century Scene Painting with Canoe.
By Herbert Herget
Located in Marco Island, FL
A Native American scene entitled, The Day's Catch, shows a man fishing the river from his canoe with a net. Though mostly tonal, the sky and distant landscape pop with blue blue-gr...
Canvas, Oil
$14,000
H 19.75 in W 15.75 in
Wig City, 1969 New York City American Scene, Oil on Masonite, Signed Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
Wig City by Clyde Singer New York City scene of a woman stopping to look in the window of Wig City in 1969. American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, where he depi...
Masonite, Oil
$28,000
H 21 in W 25 in
Doctor's Office. Mid-Century American Scene Oil Painting Youngstown, OH.
Located in Marco Island, FL
An anxious moment waiting to see the doctor is depicted by Clyde Singer in this quiet and still painting. Entitled Doctor's Office (1949), Singer paints a moment of anticipation and...
Oil, Panel
A Quiet Afternoon in the Park
By Richard Creifelds
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Canvas, Oil
"Sparkling Waters" Realistic Boat Dock Landscape
By Fil Mottola
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic boat dock landscape. The work is in a hyper-realistic style. It has the artist copyright sticker on the back of the board. It is framed in a sil...
Oil