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Cuban Art Rafael SorianoRafael Soriano
Period: The Vanguard
1920 - 2015

Night Tree
Arbol Nocturno, ca 1980
oil on canvas
24 x 30 inches

Rafael Soriano was born on the Matanzas Province in Cuba in 1920 and studied at the the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts in Havana. During his studies, he became close friends with modernist painters Víctor Manuel García and Fidelio Ponce de León, as well as the critic Jose Goméz-Sicre, all figures who would prove very influential in the history of 20th century Cuban art. Soriano began painting in the 1940s, and became a distinguished practitioner of modern and concrete art in Cuba and Latin America. In 1943, he became a professor. Between 1958 and 1961 he was part of the renowned group of Ten Concrete Artists, which included Sandú Darié, Luis Martínez Pedro, Pedro de Oráa, Loló Soldevilla, and José María Mijares.

In 1962, he permanently left Cuba for the United States with his wife, Milagros, and their daughter, Hortensia, to resettle in Miami. Between 1967 and 1970, he was a professor of design and composition at the University of Miami. During this time, the artist was reinvigorated creatively, and was included in more than 50 personal shows and collective exhibitions throughout the United States and Latin America in galleries and museums. From 2013-2016, The Smithsonian Museum featured Soriano as part of its Latino Collection Artwork exhibition. Rafael Soriano died in Miami in 2015.

 
 

Cuban Art Rafael Soriano 06714 Dawn
(Alborada)

Rafael Soriano
ca 1972
oil on canvas
40 x 30 inches
06714

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Cuban Art Rafael Soriano 06788 Equilibrist
(Equilibrista)

Rafael Soriano
1982
oil on canvas
30 x 24 inches
06788

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Cuban Art Rafael Soriano C5644
Geometric Abstraction
(Abstracción Geométrica)

Rafael Soriano
1961
oil on canvas
18 x 29 1/2 inches
C5644
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Cuban Art Rafael Soriano 06984 Luminous Rocks
(Rocas Luminosas)

Rafael Soriano
1988
oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
06984

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Cuban Art Rafael Soriano C5400 Night Tree
(Arbol Nocturno)

Rafael Soriano
ca 1980
oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
C5400

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Cuban Art Rafael Soriano 06789 Nymph
(Ninfa)

Rafael Soriano
1978
oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
06789

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Cuban Art Rafael Soriano 06713
Ray of Light
(Rayo de Luz)

Rafael Soriano
1972
oil on canvas
22 x 28 inches
06713
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Cuban Art Rafael Soriano 07162
Reclining Woman
(Mujer Reclinada)

Rafael Soriano
ca 1980
pastel on heavy paper laid down on board
22 x 30 inches
07162
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Cuban Art Rafael Soriano 06985
Untitled
(Sin Título)

Rafael Soriano
early 1990
pastel on heavy paper
30 x 40 inches
06985
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Cuban Art Rafael Soriano 07137
Untitled [Facing the Infinite]
(Sin Título [Mirando el Infinito])

Rafael Soriano
ca 1980
oil on canvas
16 x 20 inches
07137
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Cuban Art Rafael Soriano 07126 Untitled [Forms]
(Sin Título [Formas])

Rafael Soriano
1978
charcoal on paper
10 x 8 inches
07126

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