Young Girl with a Slice of Watermelon »

Jose Maria de Servin

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About The Artwork

Upbeat color enlivens this delicious composition celebrating the joy to be found in the simplest of all activities--indulging in your very own slice of watermelon on fiesta day! Buy the pair of these paintings by Servin for $1,400.

About The Artist

This Mexican painter, sculptor and muralist was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. A member of the group "Pintores Jovenes" (Young Painters), he was well known for a Cubist stye paintings of portraits, still lifes and figures. Murals by Servin are positioned in Mexico City and Guadalajara. For fifteen years Jose Maria de Servin taught summer art courses at the University of Arizona. This artist exhibited his work as early as 1940. In 1957 Servin received the prestigious Merciful Jose Orozco award. In 1967 he was honored with the appointment to Life Member of Friends of Mexican Art of the Phoenix Art Museum. An exhibition tribute was held in 1984, the year after the artist's death at the Regional Museum of Guadalajara.

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