El Matadior Rojo by Robert Frame c.1960s, Oil on Canvas P3594

A portrait to command the entire room. Dating to the early 1960s, El Matador Rojo by Robert Frame is a beautiful, expressive and large portrait depicting a handsome seated matador in his elaborately embroidered red traje de luces. Presented in the original carved wood frame.

Robert Frame was an important Santa Barbara, California, artist well known for his colorful oils of coastal landscapes, figurative subjects, and still life. He attended Pasadena City College and Pomona College, Claremont, in the mid-1940’s, emphasis on art. Frame received several awards in the late 1940’s and  early 1950’s. Among these were awards from the National Academy of Design in New York and  the Pasadena Art Museum in California.

Robert Frame’s work was included in group showings at museums that included San Francisco Museum of Art, DeYoung Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art and many others.

Art measures 32" x 41", in frame 39" x 48"