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Portocarrero’s obsessive production
of landscape paintings in 1944 speaks
to the strength of his inspiration.
Viñales Valley, Landscape (1944),
a jewel among the series, reflects the artist’s
uninhibited approach to the subject.
Landscape painting had been a prominent
tradition in Cuba since the mid-19th
century. The genre was revitalized
in the 20th century by the modernist
Portocarrero. Throughout the series,
he alternated pictorial languages,
incorporating baroque ornamentation,
fauvist brushstrokes, the flattened
perspectives of the French naïve,
and the vigor of expressionism.
Portocarrero was wild in his production,
full of energy, enthusiasm, and the desire
to experiment. The guajiro landscapes
were not done with the discipline
of routine. Rather, they explore the full
artistic potential of the canvas, and include
some of Portocarrero's strongest painted works.
Among these, most certainly, is the visionary
Viñales Valley, Landscape, an ambitious
encapsulation of the artist’s influences,
inspirations, and painterly ability.
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