F. Luis Mora

F. Luis Mora, also known as Francis Luis Mora , was a Uruguayanborn American figural painter. Mora worked in watercolor, oils and tempera. He produced drawings in pen and ink, and graphite and etchings and monotypes. He is known for his paintings and drawings depicting American life in the early 20th century Spanish life and society historical and allegorical subjects with murals, easel painting and illustrations. He also was a popular art instructor.

F. Luis Mora was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, to Domingo Mora, a noted sculptor from Catalonia, and Laura Gaillard, a cultured French woman originally from the Bordeaux region of France. Laura Gaillard Mora had two sisters, Ernestina and Gabriella, who married into the Bacardi family, famous for its rum. Mora was close to the Bacardi family all of his life. He had a younger brother, Joseph Jacinto Jo Mora, who would go on to become a noted sculptor, photographer and author in California.

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