

Mora was close to the Bacardi family all of his life. Laura Gaillard Mora had two sisters, Ernestina and Gabriella, who married into the Bacardi family, famous for its rum. Luis Mora was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, to Domingo Mora, a noted sculptor from Catalonia, and Laura Gaillard, a cultured French woman originally from the Bordeaux region of France. He is known for his paintings and drawings depicting American life in the early 20th century Spanish life and society historical and allegorical subjects with murals, easel painting and illustrations. He produced drawings in pen and ink, and graphite and etchings and monotypes.

Mora worked in watercolor, oils and tempera.

Francis Luis Mora was a Uruguayan-born American figural painter.
