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1900 Zulueta, Cuba - 1957 Havana, Cuba. Known for: Abstract painting, animals, landscape, figure, illustration, writing.
Carlos Enríquez was born in Zulueta, Cuba in 1900. His formal artistic training was scant, yet he had a college education and was an avid reader. In 1918-19 he took painting classes while in high... Read full biography
Carlos Enríquez was born in Zulueta, Cuba in 1900. His formal artistic training was scant, yet he had a college education and was an avid reader. In 1918-19 he took painting classes while in high school at the Escolapios School in Guanabacoa, and in 1924, after graduating from Business School in... Read full biography
Carlos Enríquez was born in Zulueta, Cuba in 1900. His formal artistic training was scant, yet he had a college education and was an avid reader. In 1918-19 he took painting classes while in high school at the Escolapios School in Guanabacoa, and in 1924, after graduating from Business School in Philadelphia, he briefly attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Enriquez lived in New York, Paris and Madrid before he returned to Cuba in 1934 and, like the other vanguard artists, the... Read full biography
Carlos Enríquez was born in Zulueta, Cuba in 1900. His formal artistic training was scant, yet he had a college education and was an avid reader. In 1918-19 he took painting classes while in high school at the Escolapios School in Guanabacoa, and in 1924, after graduating from Business School in Philadelphia, he briefly attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Enriquez lived in New York, Paris and Madrid before he returned to Cuba in 1934 and, like the other vanguard artists, the reencounter with his native land provided the catalyst for his mature style and his commitment to express Cuban realities and myths. Using a personal visual language of fluid lines, overlapping color forms, and dynamic figure compositions, he represented... Read full biography
Carlos Enríquez was born in Zulueta, Cuba in 1900. His formal artistic training was scant, yet he had a college education and was an avid reader. In 1918-19 he took painting classes while in high school at the Escolapios School in Guanabacoa, and in 1924, after graduating from Business School in Philadelphia, he briefly attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Enriquez lived in New York, Paris and Madrid before he returned to Cuba in 1934 and, like the other vanguard artists, the reencounter with his native land provided the catalyst for his mature style and his commitment to express Cuban realities and myths. Using a personal visual language of fluid lines, overlapping color forms, and dynamic figure compositions, he represented the Cuban countryside, its inhabitants, and folklore. Poor peasants, heroic legendary and historical figures, sensual women, restless hor... Read full biography
Carlos (Gomez) Enriquez - Artist Info
About Carlos (Gomez) Enriquez: Keywords
Keywords (14)
Art Method
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Art Style
- •Avant-Garde, Groundbreaking, Experimental
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Self-Portrait
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Added Description
- •Bohemian Lifestyle
- •Married to an Artist
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Cuban