Spanish Dominican Republic Mexico Realist Gouache Painting Portrait by José Vela Zanetti, 1962 Decorative Arts Gerrit Beneker began his art

Gerrit Beneker began his art career as an illustrator

the mallet shaped bodies with a surrounding diaper pattern

including one of George Washington and below two portraits of beautiful young women in 18th century dress

the painting is clearly signed "Charles Partridge Adams" lower left

Milo was assigned the task of designing both the interior and exterior of his family's new house

Spanish Dominican Republic Mexico Realist Gouache Painting Portrait by José Vela Zanetti, 1962 Decorative Arts Gerrit Beneker began his artAn important Spanish portrait painting by the celebrated artist Jose Vela Zanetti (1913 1999), signed & dated 1962. This painting by one of Spain's most celebrated muralists, who also painted both the Realist & Expressionistic styles, deeply affected by the Spanish Civil war and the loss of his father under the Franco regime. Zanetti painted humanist scenes with an insightful observation for the subtleties that make us human; local people & scenes of