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Ricardo Pau-Llosa
Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born May 17, 1954 in Havana, Cuba, lived in the United States since December 1960) is a Cuban-United States, American poet, art critic of Latin American art in the US and Europe, art collector, and author of short fiction. Early life and education Pau-Llosa was born into a working-class family in Havana. In 1960 Pau-Llosa fled Cuba with his parents, older sister, and maternal grandmother — all of whom emerge in his autobiographical poems of exile and remembrance. He graduated from Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Belén Jesuit Preparatory High School in Miami in 1971, and went on to major in English literature, English (literature) at various universities, among them Florida International University (BA, 1974), Florida Atlantic University (MA, 1976), and the University of Florida (1978–1981). Career and writings Following his gradation from Belen Jesuit and during his studies in Florida International University, Pau-Llosa was active in the establishment o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana
Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba ''The World Factbook''. Central Intelligence Agency. It is the most populous city, the largest by area, and the List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies, second largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The population in 2012 was 2,106,146 inhabitants, and its area is for the capital city side and 8,475.57 km2 for the metropolitan zone. Its official population was 1,814,207 inhabitants in 2023. Havana was founded by the Spanish Empire, Spanish in the 16th century. It served as a springboard for the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish conquest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snite Museum Of Art
The Snite Museum of Art, was the fine art museum on the University of Notre Dame campus, near South Bend, Indiana.History of the Museum, How We Started at the Museum site It included about 30,000 works of art that span cultures, eras, and media. The Museum supported faculty teaching and research and through programs, lectures, workshops, and exhibitions. Students played a role as gallery guides and as student advisory members. In April 2023 the Snite Museum closed in anticipation of the completion of the new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, less than half a mile to the south, which opened in December 2023. History The Bishops Gallery and Museum o ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agustín Cárdenas
250px, ''Untitled'' (1961), sculpture by Auguste Cardenas in the area above the Roman quarry in Lake_Neusiedl.html" ;"title="Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland near Lake Neusiedl">Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland near Lake Neusiedl. Agustín Cárdenas Alfonso (April 10, 1927, Matanzas, Cuba – February 9, 2001, Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban sculptor who was active in the Surrealist movement in Paris. His sculpture was influenced by Brâncuși, Henry Moore, and Jean Arp. Poet André Breton said of his artistic hand that it was "efficient as a dragonfly." Biography Cárdenas was a descendant of slaves from Senegal and the Congo, and was born in Matanzas, a major port in the sugar industry. In Cuba, Cárdenas studied under Juan José Sicre, and from 1943 to 1949 at Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro” in Havana. He was member of ''Asociación de Grabadores de Cuba'' (AGC) from 1951 to 1955, and of the creative group ''Los Once'' from 1953 to 1955. Cárdenas' work wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Grégoire
Alexandre Grégoire (August 29, 1922 – July 28, 2001) was a Haitian painter who typically depicted scenes of Vodou, daily life, and historical events in the naïve style. Born in Jacmel, Grégoire was educated from 1930 to 1937 by the Christian Teaching Brothers, and then studied cabinet making at the Jacmel vocational school for two years. In 1939 he joined the army and played the tuba and saxophone in the army band. He stayed in the army until the 1950s; during the presidency of Paul Magloire he left the military and joined the band at the National Palace. In 1968, with the encouragement of his friends Préfete Duffaut and Pierre-Joseph Valcin and the help of the Centre d'Art in Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( ; ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Haiti, most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The me ..., Grégoire began paintin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Brito
María Brito (born María Cristina Brito in 1947 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American artist specializing in painting, sculpture and installations. Early life and education Brito entered the United States by way of the mass exodus Operation Peter Pan, with her parents following in 1962. Brito received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Florida International University (FIU) in 1978, and in 1979 obtained her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Individual exhibitions * 1980 – The Gallery at 24, Miami, Florida, E.E.U.U. * 1985 – "María Brito Avellana, George Dombek, Larry Rhoads", Florida Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, Florida. * 1989 – "María Brito Avellana: Recent Sculpture"´´, ''Interamerican Art Gallery'', Miami, Florida. * 1989 – Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MoCHA), New York City. * 1991 – ''"María Brito: A Retrospective"'', Barry University Gallery, Miami Shores, Florida. * 1991 – ''"María Brito: A Retrospec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Coronel
Rafael Coronel (24 October 1931 – 7 May 2019) was a Mexicans, Mexican painter. He was the son-in-law of Diego Rivera. His representational paintings have a melancholic sobriety, and include faces from the past great masters, often floating in a diffuse haze. In what was the convent of San Francisco de Almoloyan y de Asís (a building from the 16th century), located in Zacatecas (city), Zacatecas, there is a museum named after him; in this museum, his vast mask collection is shown. Biography First years The younger brother of Pedro Coronel, Rafael felt artistic inclinations since his earliest years. He studied in Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda", and he quickly developed a unique artistic vocabulary. His paintings are about popular themes. The vocation of being a painter was something Rafael inherited. His grandfather used to decorate churches. When his father told him that Pedro, his brother, was studying to become a painter in Mexico City, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Bigaud
Wilson Bigaud (29 January 1931 – 22 March 2010) was a Haitian painter. Biography Born in Port-au-Prince, Bigaud first worked with clay before becoming a painter. At the age of 15, he was introduced to DeWitt Peters (who in 1944 founded the ''Centre d'Art'' in Port-au-Prince) by Hector Hyppolite. Peters suggested he turn his talents to painting. Thus Bigaud joined the ''Centre d'Art'', and began to paint under the direction of Maurice Borno. Early on, he demonstrated his abilities, by quickly assimilating innovations of a sophisticated painter (balance, movement, rhythm, pattern, contrast, unity and emphasis). Together with Jacques Enguerrand Gourgue, he belongs to a select group of artists who are more than just "naïve" and "primitive". In 1950, at the age of 19, Bigaud won second place for a painting entitled ''Paradise'', at an International Exhibition in Washington, D.C. In 1954, one of his engravings was presented in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Rosado Del Valle
Julio Rosado del Valle (1922 - September 20, 2008), was an internationally known abstract expressionist. Early years Rosado del Valle was born in Cataño, Puerto Rico and as a young child would always be drawing or painting. In his primary school his teachers recognized his artistic talents. After graduating from high school, Rosado del Valle enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico, where he took art classes under guidance of Cristobal Ruiz. In 1946, Rosado del Valle went to New York where he attended "The New School for Social Research" and studied under the guidance of the Cuban painter Mario Carreño and the muralist Camilo Egas. A year later in 1947, Rosado del Valle moved to Paris, France where he visited museums and art exhibitions. He later went to Italy where he attended "The School of Fine Arts" in Florence. "Puerto Rican Arts Center" In 1949, Rosado del Valle returned to Puerto Rico, where he worked in the Division of Community Education. He was also named re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnaldo Roche Rabell
Arnaldo Roche Rabell (December 5, 1955 – November 17, 2018) was a Puerto Rican painter, described as "one of the most important artists of the neo-expressionist movement". Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was educated at the Luchetti School of Art in San Juan, Puerto Rico, later studying architecture at the University of Puerto Rico before graduating with an MFA at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1984. Roche Rabell became known for his textured, sensual neo-expressionist paintings which often dealt with themes of memory, political turbulence, and consciousness, as well as the medium of painting itself. He developed a technique of rubbing or scratching away the layers of paint to create his images. Roche Rabell's work can be found in the permanent collections of the Miami Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Juan and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Roche Rabell died on November 17, 2018, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after suffering from lung ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Bedia Valdés
José Braulio Bedia Valdés (born January 13, 1959) is a Cuban painter currently residing in Florida. Biography Bedia was born on born January 13, 1959 in Havana, Cuba. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" and then finished his art studies at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. He escaped Cuba in 1990, settling initially in Mexico and subsequently, in 1993, in the United States. Individual exhibitions (selection) *1989 – ''Final del Centauro'' – Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana, Cuba. *1992 – ''"Jose Bedia: De Donde Vengo (Where I Come From)"'' – Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California. *1994 – ''José Bedia: De Donde Vengo'' – Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. *2004 – ''Estremecimientos'' – Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporaneo (MEIAC), Badajoz, Spain. *September 18, 2011 – January 8, 2012 – ''Transcultural Pilgrim: Three Decades of Work by José Bedia'' – Fowler Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga De Amaral
Olga de Amaral (born 1932) is a Colombian textile and visual artist known for her large-scale abstract works made with fibers and covered in gold and/or silver leaf. She was one of the few artists from South America internationally known for her work in fiber art during the 1960s and ‘70s. She lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia."About Olga de Amaral" , Retrieved online 14 October 2018. Biography and education Olga de Amaral was born Olga Ceballos Velez in 1932 in , Cundinamarca, Colombia, to parents from Colombia's region.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
