Manuel Muñoz y Otero (Spanish, b. 1850), Fishing Village

Oil on canvas (lined), signed at lower left, presented in a period gilt composition frame with gallery plaque.

Stretcher size 16 x 30 in.; Frame dimensions 28 x 41 3/4 in.

Born in Jerez de la Frontera in the province of Cádiz, Manuel Muñoz y Otero formally trained in Madrid at the Escuela Especial de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, where he studied under José Cala. He exhibited three paintings at the 1876 Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes, including A Fondac, Arab Vendor, and Village Women. He exhibited A Forge in Morocco at the Paris Exhibition of 1877.

Some minor chipping to frame; possible areas of wax seepage coming through canvas at lower right quadrant.