Henry Cleenewerck (1825- 1901)
Henry
Cleenewerck (1825- 1901) Born in Watou, Belgium, in 1825. In 1854 he
visited the United States. In 1863, by then in Havana, he painted a
canvas ordered by the Counts of Fernandina. During his stay in Cuba,
estimated to have lasted five years, he was recognized as an outstanding
landscape painter. Distinguished families of the colonial society
acquired his works. Jose Maria Ximeno, in 1865, held several scenes of
Matanzas created by Cleenewerck in his private collection. Among these
there were two canvases of the Yumuri Valley, a nocturnal landscape of
the Canimar River, and the artwork Una Ceiba en San Antonio de los Baños (A Ceiba Tree in San Antonio de los Baños). His Cuban-themed works were presented at the Exhibit of Matanzas in 1881, in Trescientos Años de Arte en Cuba (Three Hundred Years of Art in Cuba) at the University of Havana in 1940, in La Pintura Colonial en Cuba (Colonial Painting in Cuba)at
the National Capitol in Havana, 1950, in Pintura Española y Cubana
(Spanish and Cuban Painting) at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, in
1983, and in the permanent collection of the National Museum in Cuba.
They were also shown at the exhibit Pintura y Litografía Cubanas
(Cuban Painting and Lithography)at the Bacardi Gallery in Miami, 1988.
By approximately 1868, Cleenewerck moved to Paris, where he settled
until 1873. There, he painted other landscapes based on his memories of
the Island. By the end of his life, Henry Cleenewerck had taken up
residence in Brussels, Belgium, where he passed away in 1901.
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