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CUBAN PAINTING:
A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD THROUGH THE 1960s

A SIX LECTURE SERIES
Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Beginning: Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Concluding: Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Presented by Juan Martínez, Ph.D.
Professor at Florida International University, Chairman of the Department of Art and Art History, author of the recently published book, Carlos Enríquez, The Painter of Cuban Ballads, and author of the book, Cuban Art & National Identity: The Vanguardia Painters 1927 – 1950

This Lecture Series will be held at Cernuda Arte.

The registration fee per person for the six lecture series is $100.00*, payable to Cernuda Arte. To register, please contact Emily Codik at 305-461-1050 or via email at emilyc@cernudaarte.com. All funds collected through this lecture series will be donated to Professor Martínez for research and future projects.

* Participants who cannot attend all six lectures may register for three lectures at a fee of $50.00.
Credit Card payments will be accepted.

September 22, 2010 – First Lecture
PAINTING IN CUBA DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD
Beginnings: José Nicolás de Escalera (1734 -1804) and Vicente Escobar (1762-1834)
San Alejandro Academy of Art: from Juan B. Vermay (1786-1833) to Miguel Melero (1836-1907)
Portrait: Federico Martínez (1828-1912?) and Guillermo Collazo (1850-1896)
Landscape: Esteban Chartrand (1840-1883) and Valentín Sanz Carta (1849- 1898)
Costumbrismo: Víctor P. Landaluze (1830-1889) and Juana Borrero (1877-1896)

September 29, 2010 – Second Lecture
OUTSTANDING EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY ACADEMIC PAINTERS
Armando G. Menocal (1863-1941), Leopoldo Romañach (1862-1951), Domingo Ramos (1894-1956) and Antonio Rodríguez Morey (1872-1967)

October 6, 2010 – Third Lecture
THE BEGINNING OF CUBAN MODERNISM 1927-1938: THE VANGUARDIA PAINTERS
Eduardo Abela (1886-1965), Víctor Manuel (1897-1968), Antonio Gattorno (1904-1980), Arístides Fernández (1904-1934), Fidelio Ponce (1895-1949), Carlos Enríquez (1900-1957), and Amelia Peláez (1896-1968)

October 13, 2010 – Fourth Lecture
CUBAN MODERN PAINTING IN THE 1940s: “THE SCHOOL OF HAVANA”
Amelia Peláez, Wifredo Lam (1902-1982),
Mario Carreño (1913-1999), Cundo Bermúdez (1914-2009),
René Portocarrero (1912-1985), Mariano Rodríguez (1912-1990), and Roberto Diago (1920-1955)

October 20, 2010 – Fifth Lecture
DYNAMICS OF ABSTRACTION AND FIGURATION IN CUBAN PAINTING IN THE 1950s
Los Once: Guido Llinás (1923-2005), Hugo Consuegra (1929-2003), Raúl Martínez (1927-1995)…
10 Pintores Concretos: Sandú Darié, (1908-1991), Loló Soldevilla (1911-1971)…
Figuration: Servando Cabrera Moreno(1923-1981), Agustín Fernández (1928-2006), and José M. Mijares (1921-2004)

October 27, 2010 – Sixth Lecture
EBULLIENCE AND TURMOIL, CUBAN PAINTING IN THE 1960s
Servando Cabrera Moreno, Raúl Martínez, Antonia Eiriz (1929-1995), Angel Acosta León (1930-1964), and Humberto Peña (1937- )

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