Was born in
Havana, Cuba in 1862. A considerable part of the Eduardo Morales’ work is
composed by landscapes of the Cuban countrysides. These artworks call the
attention for the exquisite way of tacking onto the canvases meticulous details
that talk by themselves of his mastery of drawing. The carriages are a
distinctive seal of his work, which he reproduced with sharp vision.
He engaged in formal study at the San Alejandro Academy, which he interrupted in order to participate in the struggle for the Cuban independence. Once the war was over, he became a member of the National Police Force, and painted during his hours of leisure. Later, upon retirement, he devoted himself to capturing the charm of the Cuban landscape. His work was included in the historical exhibit Three Hundred Years of Art in Cuba, on which occasion his piece Volanta (Cuban Carriage) was exhibited. His 1912 painting Carretas (Carts) was shown at the exhibit Pinturas Españolas y Cubanas del Siglo XIX (Cuban and Spanish Paintings of the 19th Century) in Salamanca, Spain (1999).
He engaged in formal study at the San Alejandro Academy, which he interrupted in order to participate in the struggle for the Cuban independence. Once the war was over, he became a member of the National Police Force, and painted during his hours of leisure. Later, upon retirement, he devoted himself to capturing the charm of the Cuban landscape. His work was included in the historical exhibit Three Hundred Years of Art in Cuba, on which occasion his piece Volanta (Cuban Carriage) was exhibited. His 1912 painting Carretas (Carts) was shown at the exhibit Pinturas Españolas y Cubanas del Siglo XIX (Cuban and Spanish Paintings of the 19th Century) in Salamanca, Spain (1999).
Was born on January 9, 1865 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico,
and died on August 28, 1939, in Havana, Cuba. He lived the best years of his
prolific life in the city of Guantanamo, where he quickly linked the cultural
movement.Although his career was photography, Escalante was given the task of
organizing a charanga with some of the old instruments of Simancas Regiment
Band of the Spanish army; thus, the retreats that were made in the José Martí
Park were restored. Escalante studied painting in Mexico City during 1880 to
1884 and then traveled to Madrid, Spain, where he continued to study painting
from 1884 to 1888 at the Academy San Fernando. In 1888 he exhibited artworks at
the Exposition Universal de Barcelona and shortly afterwards, in 1890, he moved
to Cuba and established residency in the city of Guantánamo. There in the
Oriente province of the Island he intensified his artistic endeavors, and from
1918 to 1920 he was totally dedicated to painting. His preferred subject
matters were landscapes, marinas and the occasional portrait. With his family,
he moved to Havana, where he ended his life working as a photographer and
artist, becoming one of the most remarkable landscape of Cuba.
Juan Gil
García born in Madrid, Spain in 1876, died in 1932, Habana, Cuba. He moved to
Cuba near the end of the 19th century. In the Island he developed, on his
canvases, the theme of the national landscape, combined with the fruits and
flowers of the country. His painting was the first in Cuba in giving great
relevance to the local fruits, expressing, through their opulent and tasty
forms, the sensuality and fertility of his adoptive homeland. The Magazine
Bohemia, in 1917, dedicated seven front pages to reproduce his artworks Cocos
(Coconuts), Anones, Mangos (Mangoes), Zapotes, Naranjas (Oranges), Plátanos
(Bananas) and Mameyes. In 1916 and 1917, he exhibited at the Fine Arts Salon,
in Havana. It wasn’t until May of 1971 that he was granted the first personal
exhibit at the Museo de Arte Colonial (Colonial Art Museum), in Havana.
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