Vierra, Carlos

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Vierra, Carlos

Vierra, Carlos

Santa Fe, NM by Carlos Vierra (1876-1937)

18" x 24", Oil/Board, Signed

Est.: $10,000 - $15,000
Sold by John Moran Auctioneers for $21,850 on 6/24/2008
ARTIST WORLD RECORD!

VIERRA, Carlos
Born in Moss Landing, CA on Oct. 3, 1876. Vierra was educated in the public schools of Monterey. About 1896 he moved to San Francisco where he studied art with Piazzoni and at the Mark Hopkins Institute. In 1901 he sailed around the Horn to NYC where he spent two years as a marine painter. For health reasons he settled in Santa Fe, NM in 1904, becoming Santa Fe’s first professional resident artist. Vierra is best known for his architectural renderings of the old missions and adobes of New Mexico.

Exh: SFAA, 1904-05; Oakland Art Fund, 1905; Starr King Fraternity (Oakland), 1905. Murals in: Santa Fe Museum; Balboa Park (San Diego).

Source: Edan Hughes, “Artists in California, 1786-1940”
American Western Art (Harmsen); Artists of the American West (Samuels); Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); American Art Annual 1919; California State Library (Sacramento); NY Times,12-31-1937 (obituary).

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