Rene Portocarrero ART FOR SALE

1912 Havana, Cuba - 1985 Havana, Cuba. Known for: Figure painting, set design, book illustration, ceramics, sculpture.

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Rene Portocarrero was a Cuban artist born in the neighborhood of El Cerro, Havana, in 1912, and died in Havana on April 27, 1985. He is noted for highly colorful, abstract paintings and also was a sculptor, ceramicist, scenic designer and book illustrator, publishing his own Las Máscaras (The Masks) in 1935 and El Sueño (The Dream) in 1939. As a muralist, he produced public artworks for the Havana Prison, a church in Bauta, Cuba, the Cuban National Hospital, the Cuban National Theatre and the Hotel Tryp Habana Libre. He started painting from a young age, and at 14, enrolled in San Alejandro Academy, but left early enough, having a strong temperament and unable to adapt to this apprenticeship. As a result, he is considered self-taught. His... Read full biography

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Abstract Composition

Type:Painting

Size:17.50" x 10.00"

Medium:Gouache

Signed:Lower Left

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PROVENANCE The Artist Nicolas Quintana, Havana, Caracas Private collection Caracas and Boyne City, Michigan Note: Nicolas Quintana’s name and address are on the original backing.

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