Jose Vives-Atsara (Spain / San Antonio, Texas, 1919-2004), Catalonian village scene, black marker, with personal inscription on back, J. R. Mooney gallery sticker

sight: 16 x 21 in., frame: 25.5 x 30.5 in.

Provenance: Property from a home in Shreveport, Louisiana

Jose Vives-Atsara was Spanish-born artist, who immigrated to the United States after living through the Spanish Civil War, settling in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and child in 1947. Vives-Atsara drew inspiration from his community and environment in San Antonio, like the Missions and the San Antonio River, working in a style that met at the apex of realism and impressionism. Over the course of his career, Vives-Atsara received commissions to create artworks for Pope John Paul II and heads of state, and became a professor and artist-in-residence at San Antonio's University of the Incarnate Word.