ARTIST: Jose Manuel Fonfria (Spanish, 1939 - 2020)
TITLE: Stormy Seascape with Ship
YEAR: 1990
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 12 x 16 inches / 30 x 40 cm
FRAME SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer
USEFUL INFO ABOUT ART IS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA:     
SKU#: 132028
US Shipping $60 + insurance.

BIOGRAPHY:
A self-taught painter, Jose Manuel Fonfria developed a work of impressionist technique, focused on the seascape and still life, mainly on flowers. He held his first individual exhibition in 1958, in the Burgos town of Miranda de Ebro, and from 1960 he will show his work uninterruptedly, through various exhibitions and competitions, both in Spain and in the United States. Fonfria was a president of the Association of Marinist Painters, as well as a member of the Royal Naval League and a corresponding academic of the Royal Academy of the Sea.