Artist: Joe Montanes – Spanish (1918-1998) Title: Madonna Year: circa 1970 Medium: Oil on board Painting size: 27.75 x 19.75 inches. Framed size: 32.75 x 24.75 inches Signature: Signed upper left Condition: Very good The painting is in very good condition. The frame is in good condition with a few tiny scratches which are barely visible upon very close inspection. Jose Montanes studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia. In 1947, he had his first one-man show in Barcelona Recognition, scholarships, acclaim and honours quickly followed. At about this time, the French government awarded the young artist a scholarship to study at the Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris. During his four years in Paris, he had numerous one-man exhibitions in Nice, Cannes, Lyons, and Basel, Switzerland. The artist's work has also been seen in solo shows in Brussels, Mexico City, New York, Chicago, Beverly Hills, San Francisco and St Louis. His work is in the permanent collection of numerous museums: St. Etienne, France; Crocker Museum, San Francisco; Museo de Arte Moderno, Sao Paolo, Brazil; and The Cleveland Museum of Art.