Featured South American? Market Painting

I would think South American? Signed Donna, Danna, Dorra...?

 

Or Mexico?

 

That’s possible too.

 

Never heard it before but apparently Danna is a girl's first name in Spanish. And, I'm going to ask my parrot question... Anything on the back? Sticker, label handwritten notation?

Debora

 

Oscar Parra.

 

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/35958491_oscar-parra-20th-century-mexican

 

This is interesting. He produced work for W.T. Burger Co. Here's an excerpt from this site.

https://www.justanswer.com/appraisals/9hyua-customer-painting-wt-burger-co-registry-no-7545.html

"In 1946, the W.T. Burger Co. was founded to provide art - both original and reproduction - for the company's frames. Their manufacture did not continue much after mid-century because the process to make them was prohibitively expensive."

Parra's bio is here. Note the W.T. Burger Co. stamp on back of work featured in this sale.

https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lot...926-Mexican-Women/304-oscar_parra-04.8-leland

So a decorative painter.

Debora

 

Thanks a lot.
Hm, that painting from the last link sold for $525. That’s seems a bit high for a decorative painter.
https://www.lelandlittle.com/l/jt-abernathy-am-b1923-ovoid-pottery-vessel/auction/721/lot/304/

 

Yes, it is. But his work is attractive. He sold in D.F. and Acapulco -- likely to the tourist crowd -- and supplied paintings to a U.S. company to fill frames. There's nothing about him on the Mexican internet. And the only information about him on the American internet appears to be on auction sites.

Debora