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Henry Cleenewerck Curriculun
Henry Cleenewerck (1825- 1901)
Born in Watou, Belgium, in 1825. In 1854 he visited the United States. In 1863, already in Havana, he painted a canvas ordered by the Counts of Fernandina. During his stay in Cuba, calculated for about five years, he’s been recognized as an outstanding landscape painter.
Distinguished families of the colonial society acquired his works. Jose Maria Ximeno, in 1865, had in his private collection several scenes of Matanzas created by Cleenewerck –two canvases of the Yumuri Valley, a nocturnal landscape of the Canimar River, plus the artwork Una Ceiba en San Antonio de los Banos (A Ceiba in San Antonio de los Banos).
His paintings about Cuban themes were presented at the Exhibit of Matanzas in 1881; in 300 Anos de Arte en Cuba (300 Years of Art in Cuba), University of Havana, in 1940; in La Pintura Colonial en Cuba (The Colonial Painting in Cuba) National Capitol, La Habana, 1950; in Pintura Espanola y Cubana (Spanish and Cuban Painting), Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain, in 1983; and in the permanent collection of the National Museum in Cuba. They were also showed at the exhibit Pintura y Litografia Cubanas (Cuban Painting and Lithography), Bacardi Gallery, Miami, 1988.
Probably in 1868, Cleenewerck moved to Paris, where he settled until 1873. There, he painted some other landscapes based on his memories of the Island. By the end of his life, Henry Cleenewerck decided to take up residence in Bruselas, Belgium, where he passed away in 1901.
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