Cuba, Europe. 1897 - 1969
Avant-garde, modernist figure and genre painting
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1912 Havana, Cuba - 1985 Havana, Cuba. Known for: Figure painting, set design, book illustration, ceramics, sculpture.
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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
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 work was first exhibited in the Salon de Bellas Artes in Havana, and in 1934, he exhibited at the Havan... Read full biography
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Abstract, modernist figure painting, illustration, murals
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Stylized figural motif painting
Cuba, France, Europe. 1902 - 1982
Cubist painting, figurative drawing-voodoo and spiritual themes
Cuba, Mexico. 1912 - 1990
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Florida / Cuba. Born 1948
Symbolist landscape, genre
United States, Ecuador. 1919 - 1999
Expressionist paintings and sculptures focused on social issues and human suffering
Florida / Cuba. 1921 - 2004
Figurative, geometric abstract painting
Cuba. Born 1944
Yoruba culture drawing, painting, wood carving and sculpture, mixed media
New York / United Kingdom, Mexico, France. 1917 - 2011
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New York / Denmark. 1914 - 1973
Abstract painting, political writing
Japan. 1928 - 2013
Abstract painting
Mexico. 1932 - 2019
Figure, portrait, animal easel and mural painting
Pennsylvania / Cuba. 1900 - 1957
Abstract painting, animals, landscape, figure, illustration, writing
New York / Mexico. 1899 - 1991
Modernist landscape, still life and figure painting, murals
New York / Morocco, Spain. 1936 - 2011
Trompe l'oeil painting, sculpture, lithography
New York / Colombia, France. 1932 - 2023
Round female figure painting, sculpture
New York, Michigan / Mexico. 1886 - 1957
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Cuba, France. 1896 - 1968
Avant-garde, abstract painting
Argentina. 1892 - 1971
Painting
Chile. Born 1956
Light and shadow contrasts in scenes of still life, bullfights, building interiors, city views
France, Brazil. 1897 - 1976
Cubist, modernist painting
France. 1840 - 1916
Symbolism, charcoal drawing, religious painting
Cuba, France. 1901 - 1971
Mixed-media panels with geometric shapes
Cuba. 1928 - 2014
Geometric abstraction painting
Mexico, Guatemala. 1891/95 - 1984
Geometric abstract painting, graphics, murals
Romania, Cuba. 1908 - 1991
Concretism painting, sculpture, design, installation, geometric design
California / Mexico. 1871 - 1946
Portrait and pre-Columbian imagery painting, murals, sculptures
France. 1841 - 1895
Impresssionist figure and landscape painting, printmaking
France. 1871 - 1958
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Viet Nam, France. 1908 - 2000
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Italy, Switzerland. 1901 - 1980
Abstract equestrian sculpture, painting and drawing