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1910 Durango, Mexico - 1972 Manhattan Beach, California. Known for: Nostalgic cowboy genre and mission painting.
The following information was submitted in June of 2006 by Norman Davies, California book collector and art historian. Marco Antonio Gomez "Tony" was born in Durango, Mexico in 1910. He was 8 years... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in June of 2006 by Norman Davies, California book collector and art historian. Marco Antonio Gomez "Tony" was born in Durango, Mexico in 1910. He was 8 years old when the family moved to Ashfork, Arizona. His father was a recognized portrait painter. Young... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in June of 2006 by Norman Davies, California book collector and art historian. Marco Antonio Gomez "Tony" was born in Durango, Mexico in 1910. He was 8 years old when the family moved to Ashfork, Arizona. His father was a recognized portrait painter. Young Tony was raised among paint pots and canvases and one day had encroached upon his father's creative endeavors with a misplaced brush stroke. His father initially gave his son paints and canvas with the... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in June of 2006 by Norman Davies, California book collector and art historian. Marco Antonio Gomez "Tony" was born in Durango, Mexico in 1910. He was 8 years old when the family moved to Ashfork, Arizona. His father was a recognized portrait painter. Young Tony was raised among paint pots and canvases and one day had encroached upon his father's creative endeavors with a misplaced brush stroke. His father initially gave his son paints and canvas with the admonition: "You paint your pictures and let me paint mine", or words to that effect. Later his father taught him. Much of the artist's work springs from his background in mountainous northern Arizona. He grew up with intimate knowledge of the area's... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in June of 2006 by Norman Davies, California book collector and art historian. Marco Antonio Gomez "Tony" was born in Durango, Mexico in 1910. He was 8 years old when the family moved to Ashfork, Arizona. His father was a recognized portrait painter. Young Tony was raised among paint pots and canvases and one day had encroached upon his father's creative endeavors with a misplaced brush stroke. His father initially gave his son paints and canvas with the admonition: "You paint your pictures and let me paint mine", or words to that effect. Later his father taught him. Much of the artist's work springs from his background in mountainous northern Arizona. He grew up with intimate knowledge of the area's Indians, whom he rode and played with, and witnessed many of their now forgotten rituals and absorbed... Read full biography
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About Marco Gomez: Keywords
Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •San Juan Capistrano Mission
- •Spanish Missions, California
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •California Before 1940
- •New Mexico Before 1940
Art School
- •Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City