Live Auction 2067Maritime Art
Horatio Gerardo Garcia (Chilean, 1878-1942)
Lot 96

Horatio Gerardo Garcia (Chilean, 1878-1942)

Mayflower with Pilgrim in the Atlantic, year 1620

Closed3 December 2008

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USD 15,000

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Horatio Gerardo Garcia (Chilean, 1878-1942)
Mayflower with Pilgrim in the Atlantic, year 1620
signed and dated 'H. G. Garcia 957' (lower right)
oil on canvas
25 x 37¼ in. (63.5 x 94.6 cm.)

Specialist note

Horacia Garcia was a disciple of Thomas Sommerscales and along with Casanova Zenteno was an important Chilean Marine artist. He was an officer in the Chilean Navy, circa 1910. His painting of the U.S.F. Constitution is in the collection of the White House, gifted to the Secretary of State on a visit to Chile on behalf of the President of Chile for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.