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The Blue Hour
(La Hora Azul)
Author: Humberto Calzada
Year: 2003
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Size: 48 x 72 inches
Inventory No: 07571
Price: $
AVAILABLE
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist.
Illustrated in the book
Humberto Calzada: In Dreams
Awake, A Thirty-Year Retrospective,
Lowe Art Museum, University of
Miami, December, 2006, Miami, FL,
pages 220 and 221.
To be illustrated in the upcoming catalog
IMPORTANT CUBAN ARTWORKS, Volume Twenty-Two,
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables, Florida, December 2026.
Calzada has generated an aesthetic centered around
the theme of colonial architecture, inspired by
memories of his native island. The sensuous color
palette and meticulous geometry of Colonial Spanish
style are present throughout his oeuvre, as are the
recurring motifs of stained glass, white tiles, and
calm water. Like many Historic Exile artists,
Calzada’s work is an expression of nostalgia. The
artist draws from idealized recollections to render
scenes that are tranquil and flooded with light,
combining technical mastery with a surrealist touch
to create a dreamlike vision of the tropics, The
artist died in Miami, on August 17, 2025.
NICO HOUGH
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