Fortunato Arriola
Paintings
Fortunato Arriola (1827–1872), born in Cosalá, Sinaloa, Mexico, was a painter of portraits and luminous tropical landscapes that were very popular in San Francisco, California, where he came to live in 1857. The son of a wealthy landowner, Arriola was a handsome, distinguished and cultivated man. He was self-taught as an artist and began his career painting portraits. He had a studio near the corner of Kearney and Clay Streets that was a gathering place for Mexican exiles, a place of intellectual ferment and the occasional brawl. Among his students were Toby Rosenthal and Ransom Holdredge.[1] Most of his works, imagined views of Central America, disappeared after he died. His largest painting, "Sunset in the Tropics" measures about 5 ft. by 7 ft. in its original frame
Sunset on the Sacramento River, 1869, Cantor Art Center, Stanford University
In 1872, he traveled to New York City to exhibit two paintings at the National Academy of Design. He was returning to San Francisco on the Bienville which was carrying a load of dynamite. It exploded at Watling Island, Bahamas on August 15, 1872. He died at sea, leaving a widow and twelve children.
Museum collections
California Historical Society
Cantor Art Center, Stanford University
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Oakland Museum of California
Courthouse Museum, Shasta State Historic Park
Several additional paintings are in the private collection of actor Steve Martin.
References
Birgitta Hjalmarson (1999). Artful Players: Artistic Life in Early San Francisco. Balcony Press, Los Angeles
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