Victor Patricio Landaluze (1830-1889)
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| Víctor Patricio de Landaluze (1830 – 1889) Year:Circa 1800 Medium:Oil on Board 14 x 10 5/8 in (Framed 20 3/8 x 17 3/8 in) www.liveauctioneers.com |
He was born in Bilbao,Spain and arrived in Cuba circa 1849 on military assignment. In 1852,he become the assistant to Captain General Francisco de Lersundi. However, his artistic reputation preceded him and he became the sought-after portraits of the Havana aristocracy. Landaluze illustrated several books including Cubans Illustrating Themselves (1852), The Royal Album (1855), a compilation of all of the provincial coats of arms of the Kingdom territories,dedicated to the Queen of Spain, and Types and custom from the Island of Cuba (1881). Loyal to his anti-separatist views , he attempted to ridicule the emergent Creole nationalist class by using parodies such as the famous Creole caricature,Liborio, through which he established the choteo (mocking) as an instrument of expression. Thus,unintentionally, he established the roots of political satire in Cuba national art, becoming the most renowned Cuban everyday life painter of the nineteenth century.
Federico Sulroca Spencer (1860-1931
The artist used loose brush strokes and vivid, clean tonalities portraying the Cuban countryside with a certain sense of bright optimism. The artist does not reveal the farmer's face . Instead , employs a style reminiscent to that of French painter Jean Francois Millet , who also omitted the faces of the farmers that he portrayed carrying out daily tasks. The artist use a similar technique to ennoble the work of the laborers. His Painting "El Guajiro" became a symbol of Cuban identity and a resource used to express the nationalist feeling that emerged after 1902 with the establishment of the new Republic. He contributed as the Academy professor to the development of various Cuban artist such as Wifredo Lam , and influenced these artist with his unique and multifaceted style.
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| Eduardo Morales, Cuban (1869 - 1938) Year:Circa 1900 Medium:Oil on Canvas Size: 10 x 11 ½ in (Framed 15 ½ x 17 ½ in). www.liveauctioneers.com |
Manuel Vega Lopez (1892-1954)
During the years of the Cuban Republic (1902-1958), the construction of both public and private buildings caused a rise in the demand for decorative paintings to enhance their interior decor.Manuel Vega developed his talents in areas such as portraits and everyday life paintings. Vega began his studies in San Alejandro in 1908. He was a student of Leopoldo Romañach and the high level of execution exhibited in many of his large format paintings show the influence of his teacher, in 1912, he moved to Paris, where he lived until the beginning of the World War I. He then traveled to Italy with the scholarship awarded by the Havana City Hall. He returned to Cuba in 1919 and, he joined to the Academy , where he also served as director between 1935-1939, carrying out important and long lasting educational policies.
Armando Garcia Menocal (1863-1942)
In 1880, he was sent by his parents to Spain , where he amplified his mastery of art under the noted Valencian painter , Francisco Jover Casanova, in whose atelier he was associate with ilustrious figures of Spanish art and letters.
After ten years absence he returned to Cuban in 1890 with a wealth of experience and knowledge, where he devoted himself to the interpretation of the Cuban landscape .An illustrious lady, Rosalia Abreu , commissioned him to decorate her mansion in Palatino, "Las Delicias", for which he executed several mythological panels and paintings of the invasion, among the latter, one of the Battle of Coliseo, of which he was a personal witness. In 1906 he created the canvas , "The Death of Maceo", which is hung on the stairway of the Havana City Hall building, for which he was paid $5000. This painting was sent to the San Francisco Exposition in 1915, where it was awarded a Gold Medal.
In 1918 , by order of his cousin, Mario G. Menocal, president of Cuban Republic , he decorated the presidential palace , for which he conceived the execution of the painting of the painting of " The Battle and Capture of Guaimaro". In executing these work there collaborated with him his fellow-professors from "San Alejandro Academy" , Rodriguez Morey , Valerrama, and Mariano Miguel, as well as his nephew and pupil , Augusto G. Menocal .
He practiced with brilliant success in various field of the art of painting,his canvas in civic and government building, as well as his extensive freestanding works are renowned. They are included among Cuba's cultural treasures , as are his portraits,landscape and historical paintings.
Antonio Rodriguez Morey (1872-1967)
Enrique Garcia Cabrera (1893-1949)
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| Antonio Rodríguez Morey, Cuban (1874 – 1967) Year: Circa 1900 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 16 x 19 in (Framed 25 1/8 x 28 ½ in).www.liveauctioneers.com |
Using a style clearly influenced by European romanticism, the artist developed a scene that masterfully transmits the peacefulness that characterizes the island's natural environment. He was Director of The Museum National of Cuba . In 1895 he fixed his resident in Rome, entering the Free School of Fine Arts and working in the ateliers of Spanish painters Jose Gallegos and Enrique Serra, and in that Italian artist Petit and Corrodi , whom he aided in their work, sharing their artistic labors with the teaching, in the position of professor of drawing and painting of the institute for young ladies of the Damas del Sacro Cuoro of Rome.
Antonio Rodriguez returned to Cuba in 1905,the artist encountered a new nation on its way to forging its national identity, an ethos he embraced by masterfully depicting a truly classic Cuban landscape . With distinct style , he also managed to capture, for the same time the shades of green that characterized the island's countryside. His painting has been exhibited in the most important Cities of Europe and America.
Enrique Garcia Cabrera (1893-1949)
He emphasized element in his work that bring to mind a romantic historical scene with touches of the decorative art deco style that had become increasingly popular in Cuba during the 1940. In his classic decorative tradition, Garcia Cabrera distinguishes himself as an artist who prefers to employ in his work elegantly dressed figures reminiscent of Parisian royal court members from past centuries. The figures dance or rest happily. The.The artist includes classical architectural elements that contribute to the idyllic ambiance. Decorative painting is characterized by the rendering of only that which appear as truly beautiful and excludes every thing that is impassive. The palette of decorative painting is therefore free to include brilliant colors and radiant light that is appropriate of melodramatic setting. Garcia Cabrera produced works based on historical, musical, and decorative themes. His decorative art works were usually rendered in large format such as "Celebration of 1850",commissioned for the Ambassador's Salon at the Cuban Presidential Palace .
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| Augusto Menocal,Cuban (1899-1974) Year: Circa 1900 Medium: Oil on Board Size: 12 ¾ x 8 ½ in (Framed 21 x 15 ¾ in)www.liveauctioneers.com |
Artist of great quality, painter of individual style. In his work the artist details the architecture of the courtyard realistically rendering the roofs and columns . He graduated as an architect from the University of Havana and studied at the San Alejandro Academy ,where was professor between 1920-1926 . A brilliant artist, he created large-sized paintings with historical themes. While he was still a young man, he worked with his uncle, painter Armando Garcia Menocal on the design of the Cuban Presidential Palace. Years later, he created "Columbus Disembarks " in 1943, for the Palace's interior.
Source: Grandes Maestros and La pintura y la Escultura cubana books
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