Felix Ramos nacio en el 1919, fue un paisajista de primera, maestro de pintura y conocido en Miami por sus bellos cuadros de arboles de Ponciana que tanto abundan en la bella ciudad. Fue hijo de el renombrado Domingo Ramos; pintor paisajista cubano.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Felix Ramos - Cuban Landscapes Artist
Felix Ramos nacio en el 1919, fue un paisajista de primera, maestro de pintura y conocido en Miami por sus bellos cuadros de arboles de Ponciana que tanto abundan en la bella ciudad. Fue hijo de el renombrado Domingo Ramos; pintor paisajista cubano.
Luis Miguel Rodriguez - Cuban Painter
He was born in Havana, Cuba September 29th 1959. At the age of 13, his outstanding abilities to create sketches and drawings led to him to be selected by the prestigious academy of art “San Alejandro” of Havana Cuba. During this time, his love of the sea and the underwater world he discovered temporarily distanced him from the art that he displayed such a passion as well. His love for underwater diving opened a new prospective for his abilities as an artist. It was also this time that allowed him to comprehensively explore and gain a great influence of the marine environment which surrounded him during his diving ventures. These influences are still predominant in his paintings, as it continues to compliment and display his vision of the sea world on the canvas. Armed with his gifted ability and imagination, he tirelessly pursues his expressions of these visions using the palate and canvas. Primarily a medium to communicate his surrealist concept, he is further influenced by the addition of his interpretation of the universal plastic arts, expressionism and contemporary art as seen thru the lens of his remarkable imagination.
The impressionist influence can clearly be defined in the chromatic synthesis displayed in his artwork, which serves to express an intensity of light, atmosphere and the reflections these conditions and effects have in his creation. To the naked eye he allows the complimentary vision of balance that is reflected by his use of dimensions and proportions to further compliment the shadows and shades of colors that enable the viewer to associate with his art. A good example is of his symbolism is found in his work titled “New York-New York (9/11/2001), in which he embodies the human unity of the pain and suffering we all felt as a nation of all creed and colors. The union if all races and cultures, as seen lifting the Big Apple are irrevocably expressing the bond between us as a people. This resurrection from the ashes is our link to the N.Y.C. phoenix being reborn once more. This work is on exhibit as part of the permanent collection of the 911 commemorative paintings in the City hall of Manhattan, New York.
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| Luis Miguel Rodriguez "Gallo Fino" Oil on Canvas Coleccion Flores-Carbonell FloresCarbonellCollection.com Nació en La Habana, Cuba 29 de septiembre 1959. A la edad de 13 años, sus excelentes habilidades para crear bocetos y dibujos le llevó a ser seleccionado por la prestigiosa academia de arte "San Alejandro" de La Habana, Cuba. Durante este tiempo, su amor por el mar y el mundo submarino que descubrió lo alejó temporalmente de la técnica que se muestra como una pasión así. Su amor por el buceo bajo el agua se abrió una nueva perspectiva de sus habilidades como artista. Fue también el tiempo que le permitió explorar exhaustivamente y obtener una gran influencia del medio ambiente marino que le rodeaba durante sus aventuras de buceo. Estas influencias son todavía predominante en sus pinturas, a medida que continúa para felicitar y mostrar su visión del mundo del mar, en el lienzo. Armado con su capacidad de talento y la imaginación, él no descansa en sus expresiones de estas visiones con el paladar y el lienzo. En primer lugar un medio para comunicar su concepto surrealista, que se ve influenciado por la incorporación de su interpretación de las artes plásticas universales, el expresionismo y el arte contemporáneo como se ve a través de la lente de su extraordinaria imaginación. La influencia impresionista puede ser claramente definido en la síntesis cromática se muestra en sus obras de arte, que sirve para expresar la intensidad de la luz, la atmósfera y las reflexiones de las presentes condiciones y efectos que tienen en su creación. A simple vista que permite la visión de cortesía de equilibrio que se refleja por el uso de dimensiones y proporciones para complementar aún más las sombras y matices de colores que permiten al espectador a asociarse con su arte. Un buen ejemplo es el de su simbolismo se encuentra en su trabajo titulado "New York-New York (11/09/2001), en la que encarna la unidad del género humano del dolor y el sufrimiento que todos nos sentimos como una nación de todos los credos y colores . El sindicato si todas las razas y culturas, como se ve el levantamiento de la Gran Manzana se expresa de manera irrevocable el vínculo entre nosotros como pueblo. Esta resurrección de las cenizas es nuestro vínculo con la ciudad de Nueva York ave fénix que renace una vez más. Este trabajo se encuentra en exhibición como parte de la colección permanente de las 911 pinturas conmemorativas en la sala de la ciudad de Manhattan, Nueva York. |
Josevelio Rodriguez Abreau
HE WAS BORN IN CIUDAD HABANA CUBA, IN 1954. HE STUDIED ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTSMAN WITH THE PROFESSOR JORGE VAZQUEZ. HE WORKED WITH THE ARCHITECT, PAINTER, AND CARTOONIST GUSTAVO BOTET, WHO ENCOURAGED JOSE EVELIO RODRIGUEZ TO DO STUDIES IN THE SAN ALEJANDRO ARTS ACADEMY. SOME OF HIS TEACHER WERE; EVELIO COTOUR, ANTONIO ALEJO ALEJO, AND OTHERS.
IN 1988, HE CREATED THE GUITAFORAS (PEN DRAWING) FOR THE FRENCH MAGAZINE:"LES CAHIERS DE LA GUITARE", FOR THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL IN HABANA, CUBA.
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En 1988, creó el GUITAFORAS (dibujo a pluma) para la revista Francesa: "Les Cahiers de la Guitare", con ocasión del Festival Internacional de Guitarra de La Habana, CUBA.
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Jorgen Fernandez
Jorgen Fernandez
He enjoys using a painting technique named sanguine, it’s a variation of ferric acid known as hematite a mineral form of iron. This process may result in a variation of color but most in the gamma of red's much like the result of a blood stain when spilled over fabric. This technique used by painters in the 13th and 14th century, dubbed the name of the "Century of Artillery" you may have heard of one painter in particular famed for his sanguine paintings he was Leonardo Da Vinci. Da Vinci described by the painter in an interview as "El gran maestro" (the great teacher) and the surrealism work of both Dali and Picasso are among his inspirations.
Jorgen nació en La Habana, Cuba en 1958, y junto con su madre emigró a los Estados Unidos en la década de 1970 y se estableció en Nueva Jersey, a estudiar arte durante toda su vida ganando un título en artes en la Universidad Estatal de Nueva Jersey. Después de haber hecho un gran trabajo en el Garment District de Nueva York y creó un comercial para los diseñadores de moda famosos como Jeffrey Bancos y Ives Saint Laurent.
Jorgen cree firmemente en la creación de arte para la comunidad y para el público. Veinte de sus cuadros forman parte de la colección permanente que exhibe para el público en el distrito de la moda de Nueva York. Su arte ha hecho cargo de la planta 9 y 10 del edificio de la Compañía revisión pictórica en, y otros son propiedad de coleccionistas privados de Suiza, Austria, Alemania y España.
Le gusta usar una técnica de pintura llamada sanguíneo, que es una variación de ácido férrico conocido como hematita una forma mineral de hierro. Este proceso puede dar lugar a una variación de color, pero más en la gama de rojo al igual que el resultado de una mancha de sangre cuando es derramado sobre la tela. Esta técnica utilizada por los pintores en el siglo 13 y 14, conocido como el nombre del "Siglo de Artillería" es posible que haya oído hablar de un pintor en particular, famosa por sus pinturas optimistas que fue Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci, descrito por el pintor en una entrevista como "El gran maestro" (el gran maestro) y el surrealismo de trabajo, tanto Dalí y Picasso son algunos de sus inspiraciones.
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Jorgen was born in Havana, Cuba in 1958, and along with his mother immigrated to the United States in the 1970's and settled in New Jersey, studying art throughout his life earning an arts degree at the State College of New Jersey. Having done some great work in New York's Garment District and created commercial work for famed fashion designers as Jeffrey Banks and Ives Saint Laurent.
Jorgen strongly believes in creating art for the community and for the public. Twenty of his paintings are part of a permanent collection exhibits for the public in the garment district of New York City. His art has taken over the 9th and 10th floor of The Pictorial Review Company building in, and others are owned by private collectors in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Spain.
Jorgen nació en La Habana, Cuba en 1958, y junto con su madre emigró a los Estados Unidos en la década de 1970 y se estableció en Nueva Jersey, a estudiar arte durante toda su vida ganando un título en artes en la Universidad Estatal de Nueva Jersey. Después de haber hecho un gran trabajo en el Garment District de Nueva York y creó un comercial para los diseñadores de moda famosos como Jeffrey Bancos y Ives Saint Laurent.
Jorgen cree firmemente en la creación de arte para la comunidad y para el público. Veinte de sus cuadros forman parte de la colección permanente que exhibe para el público en el distrito de la moda de Nueva York. Su arte ha hecho cargo de la planta 9 y 10 del edificio de la Compañía revisión pictórica en, y otros son propiedad de coleccionistas privados de Suiza, Austria, Alemania y España.
Le gusta usar una técnica de pintura llamada sanguíneo, que es una variación de ácido férrico conocido como hematita una forma mineral de hierro. Este proceso puede dar lugar a una variación de color, pero más en la gama de rojo al igual que el resultado de una mancha de sangre cuando es derramado sobre la tela. Esta técnica utilizada por los pintores en el siglo 13 y 14, conocido como el nombre del "Siglo de Artillería" es posible que haya oído hablar de un pintor en particular, famosa por sus pinturas optimistas que fue Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci, descrito por el pintor en una entrevista como "El gran maestro" (el gran maestro) y el surrealismo de trabajo, tanto Dalí y Picasso son algunos de sus inspiraciones.
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Humberto Hernandez "El Negro" - Pinar Del Rio Painter
Hernandez, Humberto “El Negro” Born in Pinal Del Rio in 1958. To enjoy the rural landscapes of Humberto Hernández, better known as ‘El Negro,’ is an indescribable gift. To be witness to the passion, energy, and full-throttle vigor from which they emanate, is to become an admirer of his work. In his vision, influenced by his first gazes at art as a youngster, one will find virtuosity, originality, rebelliousness, and abandon. With authentic expressionism, Humberto immerses himself in the landscape to, in an irreverent way, make us participants in his seascapes, storms, his colourful paint, and the huts that give it life. His poetry is not based on showing us the surroundings per se, but on a new interpretation and assimilation of this magic and contemplative world of the Cuban countryside.
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Camilo Garcia Gonzalez - Santiaguero Painter
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Camilo was born January 17, 1985 in Santiago de Cuba. He currently works as an Independent Artist. On 2005 he graduated from Provincial Academy of Fine Arts "José Joaquín Tejada" in Santiago de Cuba.
His Past Exhibits include;
Student lounge "David". 2nd, 3rd and 4th year.
Student lounge "David". 2nd, 3rd and 4th year.
Hall 30 November: Universal Art Gallery. Years: 2005.2006, 2007.
Group exhibition. (A.H.S). Year 2006
Group exhibition. (A.H.S). Year 2006
Hall graduated from the CENCREM. Havana, Cuba. 2005
City Hall. Gallery East. 2006
Group exhibition, Museum Historic Cuban Environment. Santiago de Cuba. 2006.
Salon of Small Format. Santiago de Cuba. 2006.
Living Landscape. 2007.
Group exhibition, Museum of the Morro Castle. Santiago de Cuba. 2006, 2007.
Provincial Exhibition of Plastic Arts Instructors Elvira Cape Library. 2006.
Gallery Project A.H.S 2007. Santiago de Cuba
New Bridge Project. 2006. Santiago de Cuba
Religious Art Exhibition. 2006, 2007. Santiago de Cuba
City Hall. Gallery East. 2006
Group exhibition, Museum Historic Cuban Environment. Santiago de Cuba. 2006.
Salon of Small Format. Santiago de Cuba. 2006.
Living Landscape. 2007.
Group exhibition, Museum of the Morro Castle. Santiago de Cuba. 2006, 2007.
Provincial Exhibition of Plastic Arts Instructors Elvira Cape Library. 2006.
Gallery Project A.H.S 2007. Santiago de Cuba
New Bridge Project. 2006. Santiago de Cuba
Religious Art Exhibition. 2006, 2007. Santiago de Cuba
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Luis Dennis Gallardo Castro - Talented Santiago De Cuba Painter
Luis Dennis Gallardo Castro was Born on April 14, 1971 in Santiago de Cuba. He is a graduate of the Provincial School of Plastic Arts "José Joaquín Tejada" in 1990 in the specialty of Drawing-Painting. He has served as a restorer specializing in easel painting and is responsible for preserving the heritage of the Catholic Church in Santiago de Cuba.
His work has been featured in a variety of exhibits including a personal exhibit "Mother of all Cubans", SBM Cathedral of Santiago de Cuba. Group exhibit "Meeting for Christmas," Animation Claretian Center, Santiago de Cuba, December. III National Exhibition of Contemporary Cuban Religious Art, National Exhibition of the Bicentennial of the Birth of José María Heredia, December. Personal exhibit "Light of the World" Athenaeum Gallery, March. International Exhibition "Arte Cubano", Kingston, Jamaica, May.
He has works in private collections in Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Holland, Germany, Spain, Italy, USA and Canada. He has received the following awards; in 2002 he earned third place in the III National Exhibition of Contemporary Cuban Religious Art. In 2003 he was mentioned in the IV National Exhibition of Contemporary Cuban Religious ArtSelected Works:
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| Luis Denis Gallardo Castro "El Quejido" Acrylic On Canvas Coleccion Flores-Carbonell FloresCarbonellCollection.com |
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Roberto Estopinan - Sculptor, Draftsman, and Printmaker
Estopinan, Roberto is a sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker, was born March 17, 1921 in Havana, Cuba. He enrolled at the Academia San Alejandro when he was 14 and became the protege and studio assistant of the sculptor Juan José Sicre. After graduation he traveled first to Mexico, where he met and befriended Francisco Zuniga, and studied Pre-Columbian sculpture. In 1949 he traveled to Europe, visiting England, France and Italy. In these trips he encountered the sculpture of Henry Moore and Marino Marini, and their humanistic yet formal visions would be influential on Estopinan's work.
Throughout the 1950s Estopinan received important sculpture prizes at various national exhibitions in Havana. In 1953 he was the only semi-finalist from Latin America at the Tate Gallery's international sculpture competition for a Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner. During the 1950s he worked in direct carving with native Cuban woods, as well as in direct plaster and welding - these works blend figural and abstract elements. The 1960s brought forth his series of political prisoners, warriors and crucifixions, mostly carved in wood or as welded nails. The 1970s work saw an abandonment of the rawness of the previous decade in favor of a pantheistic vision, where the sculptures reflected the textures and forms of nature.
Since the 1980s he has been involved with the female torso as his favorite expressive form. These bronzes tend to possess a minimal classicism, that emotionally range from sensual to pained. As a printmaker and draftsman, his production has been thematically parallel to his sculptures.
The most complete collection of his prints (1959-96) is in the Jersey City Museum in New Jersey, where an exhibition was hosted in the Spring of 1996.
Estopinan was active in the urban guerilla against Batista, and joined the diplomatic service after the triumph of the 1959 Revolution. By 1961, he became disillusioned with the dictatorial policies of the new regime and went into exile in the U.S.A. He lived in NYC from the 1960s until 2002, when he retired to Miami, Fla.
Together with Juan Jose Sicre, Alfredo Lozano and Agustin Cardenas, Estopinan is considered one of the pioneers of modern sculpture in Cuba and Latin America.
Throughout the 1950s Estopinan received important sculpture prizes at various national exhibitions in Havana. In 1953 he was the only semi-finalist from Latin America at the Tate Gallery's international sculpture competition for a Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner. During the 1950s he worked in direct carving with native Cuban woods, as well as in direct plaster and welding - these works blend figural and abstract elements. The 1960s brought forth his series of political prisoners, warriors and crucifixions, mostly carved in wood or as welded nails. The 1970s work saw an abandonment of the rawness of the previous decade in favor of a pantheistic vision, where the sculptures reflected the textures and forms of nature.
Since the 1980s he has been involved with the female torso as his favorite expressive form. These bronzes tend to possess a minimal classicism, that emotionally range from sensual to pained. As a printmaker and draftsman, his production has been thematically parallel to his sculptures.
The most complete collection of his prints (1959-96) is in the Jersey City Museum in New Jersey, where an exhibition was hosted in the Spring of 1996.
Estopinan was active in the urban guerilla against Batista, and joined the diplomatic service after the triumph of the 1959 Revolution. By 1961, he became disillusioned with the dictatorial policies of the new regime and went into exile in the U.S.A. He lived in NYC from the 1960s until 2002, when he retired to Miami, Fla.
Together with Juan Jose Sicre, Alfredo Lozano and Agustin Cardenas, Estopinan is considered one of the pioneers of modern sculpture in Cuba and Latin America.
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Hector Cata - Cuban Painting Master
Cata, Hector
Cata was born in Havana, Cuba on April 3, 1947. He graduated from San Alejandro School of
Plastic Arts in Havana in 1972. He served as Artistic Director of the Lenin Park in Havana where he taught in the pottery studio and gallery "Amelia Pelaez" of this school. He also served as Director and Professor of the group "Landscape versions," sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Cuba. He taught at the San Alejandro School of Art in the painting department and conducted art workshops for children in the National Library of Cuba. It was the exclusive artist promotion company for foreign artists ARTEX SA in Havana. In his work you can appreciate a Creole Baroque style primarily using the oil technique. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Cuba and abroad. His first prize for painting was received in the Provincial Juvenile Hall in 1975. Cata has designed numerous posters who have represented his country in international events, and some of his works have been selected to commemorate significant dates and highlight relevant facts. Among the numerous awards he has earned for his plastic work are: first prize in poster competition at the UNESCO in 1974 in Paris, France and the Order of 1300 Anniversary of Bulgarian Culture in 1984.
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| Hector Cata Cuban Master Painter |
Plastic Arts in Havana in 1972. He served as Artistic Director of the Lenin Park in Havana where he taught in the pottery studio and gallery "Amelia Pelaez" of this school. He also served as Director and Professor of the group "Landscape versions," sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Cuba. He taught at the San Alejandro School of Art in the painting department and conducted art workshops for children in the National Library of Cuba. It was the exclusive artist promotion company for foreign artists ARTEX SA in Havana. In his work you can appreciate a Creole Baroque style primarily using the oil technique. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Cuba and abroad. His first prize for painting was received in the Provincial Juvenile Hall in 1975. Cata has designed numerous posters who have represented his country in international events, and some of his works have been selected to commemorate significant dates and highlight relevant facts. Among the numerous awards he has earned for his plastic work are: first prize in poster competition at the UNESCO in 1974 in Paris, France and the Order of 1300 Anniversary of Bulgarian Culture in 1984.
Cata nació en la Habana, Cuba el 3 de Abril de 1947. Se graduó de la Escuela de Artes
Plásticas San Alejandro en la Habana en 1972. Ejerció como Director Artístico del Parque Lenin de la Habana donde impartió sus enseñanzas en el taller de cerámica y la galería "Amelia Peláez" de esta escuela. También funcionó como Director y profesor del grupo "Versiones del Paisaje", auspiciado por el Ministerio de Cultura de Cuba. Impartió clases en la Escuela de Artes San Alejandro en la cátedra de pintura y realizó talleres de arte para niños en la
Biblioteca Nacional de Cuba. Fue artista plástico exclusivo de la empresa de promoción de artistas para el extranjero ARTEX S.A. en la Habana. En su obra se puede contemplar un barroquismo criollo que trabaja, principalmente, a partir de la técnica del óleo. Ha participado en múltiples exposiciones individuales y colectivas tanto en Cuba como en el exterior. Su primer premio de pintura lo recibió en el Salón Provincial Juvenil, en 1975. Catá ha diseñado numerosos carteles que han representado a su país en eventos internacionales, y algunas de sus obras han sido seleccionadas para conmemorar fechas significativas y destacar hechos relevantes. Entre los numerosos premios y reconocimientos que ha obtenido por su labor plástica se encuentran: el primer premio en Cartel en el concurso de LA UNESCO, en 1974 ,en París, Francia y la Orden 1300 Aniversario de la Cultura Búlgara, en 1984.
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Jose Maria Carbonell - Painter and Art Professor from Santiago De Cuba
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He was born in Santiago de Cuba in the early 1900s, but at an early stage of his life he decided to study painting in San Alejandro School of Arts in Habana, where he graduated from. He later moved back Santiago de Cuba, where he taught arts particularly drawing and painting at the Jose Joaquin Tejada Art School. He was a prolific watercolorist, although he quite enjoyed making oil works as well. Most of his works depict the landscapes and ways of life of his native Santiago de Cuba. In the 70s he decided to leave his beloved island and transferred to Madrid, Spain. Later in his life he settled in Miami, FL where he lived the last days of his life.
This are some of his selected works:
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Roger Ayala
Roger Ayala Rodriguez's works are popular with galleries and tourists from everywhere in the world. Critics describe his art as naive, calm and full of tenderness, an important message for peace. It is also described as original and highly creative. In the world of his art, there is a great message of love with a very deep sense of innocence. Beauty and humanity shine through.
His art has been exhibited and sold in Miami, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. In 2008 he was awarded a prize in Germany for his work on allegory to Ernesto Che Guevara.
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Ana Gladys Falcon
Ana Gladys Falcon is a painter, draftswoman and printmaker. She was born in Matanzas in 1964. Since childhood she was interested in drawing and at eleven years old enrolled in the Elementary School of Arts in Matanzas, then took the tests to enter the National Art School, ENA, she approved and graduated in 1983 in the specialty of painting. Her tenure in the ENA was during the eighties at a time in which teachers were, in turn, artists, whose closeness was very important in her formation. Among the teachers, at that time she remembers, were Nelson Dominguez, Ernesto García Peña, Eduardo Roca Salazar (Choco), Angel Ramirez and Yaqueline Magy. Ana Gladys feels that she had a great influence by Cuban painters and this is reflected through color, line she uses, Amelia Pelaez, Wifredo Lam and Alfredo Sosabravo are three artists who, she believes, have influenced a lot of her work.
The female subject is a theme that she has been developing with increasing fervor aspiring to represent women in their context and from their feelings that so dearly characterizes them. She likes to put women in a given environment, and each artwork is like a piece that has its own discourse while representing the everyday life. The woman may be at home or on the street but always in a beautiful way. Her work is figurative, but sometimes flirts with other trends. She work with oil and acrylic and this, in particular, gives her the possibility to use very bright colors. Falcon believes that the blue and orange acrylic are brightest and cleanest colors. Acrylic give her the advantage of drying faster, while the oils allow her to extract more hues, values and provides her the ability to create multiple effects. The texture is something that interests her very much; her pictures are a little baroque in the respect that that they place textures and shapes in the background
Her works are can be found in private collections in the United States (Miami, California and New York), Spain, Portugal, Italy, Singapore, Chile, Ecuador and Costa Rica. She is a frequent guest of the International Biennial of Havana. Some of her works are features in the Flores Carbonell Collection.
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Pintora, dibujante y grabadora. Nacio en Matanzas en 1964. Desde muy pequeña le interesaba dibujar y a los once años matriculo en la Escuela Elemental de Arte de Matanzas; luego hizo las pruebas para ingresar en la Escuela Nacional de Arte, ENA, las aprobo y se graduo en el año 1983 de la especialidad de pintura. Su paso por la ENA fue en la década de los ochenta y en ese momento sus profesores eran, a su vez, artistas; esa cercanía fue importantísima en su formación. Entre los profesores, recuerda, estaban Nelson Domínguez, Ernesto García Peña, Eduardo Roca Salazar (Choco), Ángel Ramírez y Yaqueline Magy. Ana Gladys siente que tuvo una gran influencia de los pintores cubanos y eso se refleja a través del colorido, de la línea; Amelia Peláez, Wifredo Lam y Alfredo Sosabravo son tres artistas que, cree, han marcado mucho su obra.
El tema femenino es el tema que ha hido desarrollando cada vez con más fervor; aspira representar a la mujer en su contexto y a partir de sus sentimientos e igualmente plasma esa capacidad transformadora que las caracteriza. Le gusta colocar a la mujer en un entorno determinado, y cada cuadro es como una pieza que posee un discurso propio al tiempo que representa la cotidianidad de la vida. La mujer en el hogar o en la calle, pero siempre de una manera bella. Su obra es muy figurativa, pero a veces coquetea con otras tendencias. Trabaja con óleo y también con acrílico y éste, en particular, le da la posibilidad de utilizar colores muy brillantes – considera que los azules y los naranjas acrílicos son más luminosos y limpios –. El acrílico tiene la ventaja de secar más rápido, mientras que el óleo le permite extraer más matices, valores y le brinda la posibilidad de crear múltiples efectos. La textura es algo que le interesa mucho; sus cuadros son un poco barrocos en el sentido que coloca texturas en el fondo y en las figuras. Trabaja a espátula y luego hace uso del pincel; con la espátula logra diferenciar unas texturas de otras.
Obras suyas se encuentran en colecciones privadas de Estados Unidos (Miami, California y Nueva York), España, Portugal, Italia, Singapur, Chile, Ecuador y Costa Rica. Ha sido artista invitada de las Bienales Internacionales de La Habana. Algunas de sus obras se encuentran en la Colección Flores Carbonell.
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
"Ciudad de Maestros" "City of Masters" Exhibit - Santiago De Cuba
"Ciudad de Maestros" exhibition Written by Beatriz Rivera Castillo |
As part of the celebrations for the 50 anniversary of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), the "Ciudad de Maestros" exhibition is exhibited, a score of pieces that reflect the most typical of the artists José Julian Aguilera, José Loreto Hourrutinier, Miguel Ángel Botalin, Luis Mariano Frómeta, Lincoln Camué and Pedro Arrate, who were precisely founders of this important organization.It is necessary to recognize in this sample the titanic work of its organizers to synthesize in a collective exhibition the chore and devotion of these plastic artists. Here the principal iconographies by which these artists have been identified during more than half a century of life and prolific creative work, are summed up in acrylic and oils on linen of medium and big format.
In this way, José Julian Aguilera with his presentation of a slow and warm city, in which the fisherman's area that we all identify as "Los cangrejitos" is reflected specially. Botalin, in his series "Iré a Santiago," prefers the streets and steep hillocks of this metropolis in which generally we glimpse the mountains or the sea, provided landscapes of the what is typical in his works.
Hourrutinier exhibits an expressionist city, in whom houses, sea and mountains are intermingled in intensely pictorial and irregular whole. Frómeta for his part, in addition to perpetuating the image of the negro like part of our roots and identity, makes a show once again of his domain in the skill of the portrait, by means of which many of our heroes, like José Martí, have remained immortalized.
The woman is represented by Camué, united to exotic and leafy tropical trees from which enormous fruits and showy birds stand out, recreating thus a playful and sensual ambience with disquieting feminine silhouettes. The sample is honored also by the geometric figures and irregular lines that shape the abstract pictures of Pedro Arrate, who was sprouting in life like pioneer of this pictorial genre of avant-garde in the Santiago ambience.
Each of these artists has contributed exceedingly to the development of the plastic arts in the province Santiago de Cuba and has left a way to be continued for the new generations, those that also continue the work of the UNEAC. Important organization that celebrates during these days its half a century of existence.
Translated by Rafael Delmer Marzo Cueto
Santiago de Cuba, Paint Masters.
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| Jose Julian Vicente Aguilera |
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| Miguel Angel Botalin Pampin |
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| Luis Mariano Frometa |
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| Lincoln Camue |
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| Antonio Ferrer Cabello |
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| Jose Loretto Horrutinier |