Antique Retablo Mexico Spanish Colonial Art Folk Art Oil On Tin
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:3688331 | Handmade: Yes |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico |
Saint Hedwig Mexico oil on tin 7 1/2” x 10 3/4” Bruno Sanchez “The Under-Painter”.
The patron Saint of Bavaria and Poland was evoked by brides, jealous lovers and couples with marital problems. She assisted the poor and was often seen walking the streets without shoes even in the coldest winter nights.
A retablo is an antique Mexican devotional oil painting on tin, most often found in small personal altars in one’s home. The Mexican folk tin Retablo movement was s...hort lived lasting from 1830-1910. The artists were rural, isolated and outside of the academic tradition. These modest paintings captured the imagination and influenced the work of several important artists. Among the many who collected and studied tin Retablos were Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Andre Brenton and Nelson Rockefeller.
This Retablo is not framed and like most hangs from a single nail at the top center hole in the Retablo. To hang your Retablo: pound a small nail into the wall at the desired location, remove the nail from the wall, align the hole in the top center of the Retablo with the new hole in the wall, and insert the nail through the hole in the Retablo and into the hole in the wall.
The patron Saint of Bavaria and Poland was evoked by brides, jealous lovers and couples with marital problems. She assisted the poor and was often seen walking the streets without shoes even in the coldest winter nights.
A retablo is an antique Mexican devotional oil painting on tin, most often found in small personal altars in one’s home. The Mexican folk tin Retablo movement was s...hort lived lasting from 1830-1910. The artists were rural, isolated and outside of the academic tradition. These modest paintings captured the imagination and influenced the work of several important artists. Among the many who collected and studied tin Retablos were Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Andre Brenton and Nelson Rockefeller.
This Retablo is not framed and like most hangs from a single nail at the top center hole in the Retablo. To hang your Retablo: pound a small nail into the wall at the desired location, remove the nail from the wall, align the hole in the top center of the Retablo with the new hole in the wall, and insert the nail through the hole in the Retablo and into the hole in the wall.
