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| Artist Self Portrait From WikiGallery |
Most artwork in the Moran home were simple pieces but there were a few large oil paintings.
One painting we have is signed J.C. Capella and is a beautiful pastoral seen with thatch roof homes and cows at the stream. The painting hung in Moran Place for at least a hundred years and most likely in the same spot, the upstairs sitting area above the sofa.
We don't know when or where the painting was acquired but we speculate that it may have been on a trip to New York, Cincinnati or St. Louis. It's also possible that Uncle Brud purchased the painting when he took a cruise to see the new Panama Canal. During that trip he made stops in Cuba and other ports of call.
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| Pastoral Scene by J.C. Capella. With frame approximately 31" H x 45" W. |
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| Artists signature: J.C. Capella |
The picture has darkened quite a bit but with flash and some photoshop manipulation we get a better sense of its beauty. I've included a closeup of the artists signature.
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| John the Baptist and Herod J.C. Capella |
It has been suggested that J.C. Capella wasGiulia (Julia) Cheli Capella, born about 1874 in Florence Italy. Like many artists, Giulia painted Biblical scenes such as this one of John the Baptist and Herod.
Not much is known about J.C. Capella except that she was living at 28 via Venti Settembre in Florence Italy in 1915 and that she died in 1919.
