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The chameleonic Portocarrero moved
through several themes and series
throughout his long career.
In 1944, Portocarrero dedicated himself
to the production of rural landscapes,
rendered with his singular and modern
style. The genesis of this guajiro
landscape series was a visit to
the Valley of Viñales in the province
of Pinar del Río, where he experienced
“an ecstasy at the natural beauty.”
The artist committed himself to expressing
his epiphany through painting. The result
was a remarkable suite of bucolic scenes,
a dramatic departure from his previous
series of urban landscapes of Havana,
aristocratic interiors, and religious
compositions.
Among these exceptional works
is the 1944 oil on canvas masterpiece,
Viñales Valley, Landscape, a sublime
and subjective window into Portocarrero’s
Cuba. The work would go on to be included
in his solo retrospective at the National Museum
of Fine Arts in Havana, and be illustrated
in the definitive book on the artist.
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