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A stunning show of Cuban old masters
inaugurates the newest Cernuda Arte
exhibition space at 3160 Ponce de León Boulevard.
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Exquisite, historic landscape paintings by ARMANDO MENOCAL and ENRIQUE CRUCET.
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Armando Menocal (1863 – 1942)
Landscape with Boat and Dry Locust Tree
(Paisaje con Barca y Algarrobo Seco), ca 1920
oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 50 1/2 inches
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Enrique Crucet (1895 – 1979)
Landscape
(Paisaje), ca 1920
oil on canvas
38 x 40 inches
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Exemplary portraits and landscapes by the maestro, LEOPOLDO ROMAÑACH, award-winning painter and professor
who helped bridge the gap between classic and modern art movements in early 20th Century Cuba.
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Leopoldo Romañach (1862 – 1951)
Study of a Face
(Estudio de un Rostro), ca 1918
oil on canvas
17 x 21 inches
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Leopoldo Romañach (1862 – 1951)
Caibarién Beach
(Playa de Caibarién), ca 1920
oil on canvas board
14 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches
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Vivid oil on canvas paintings from the 18th and 19th Century painters, JOSÉ NICOLAS DE LA ESCALERA and VICENTE ESCOBAR, illustrate a glorious tradition of portraiture and the influence of the Spanish Church and crown in pre-autonomous Cuba.
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José Nicolás De la Escalera (1734 – 1804)
Holy Virgin of the Sorrows
(La Virgen Dolorosa), 1767
oil on canvas
24 x 19 3/8 inches
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Vicente Escobar (1757 – 1834)
Portrait of Don José Verdaguer y Carbonell de Alberti
(Retrato de Don José Verdaguer y Carbonell de Alberti), 1830
oil on canvas
26 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches
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A beautiful canvas and four small-format works on paper by VÍCTOR PATRICIO LANDALUZE demonstrate the artist’s stylistic range and wit as a genre painter. Works by the artist have become very highly solicited and increasingly difficult to obtain. The gallery is proud to present such a rare spotlight of five works by the artist.
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Víctor Patricio Landaluze (1828 – 1889)
Lady Riding a Horse
(Dama a Caballo), ca 1870
oil on canvas
14 1/8 x 10 15/8 inches
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Víctor Patricio Landaluze (1828 – 1889)
In Front of the Mirror
(Frente al Espejo), ca 1880
ink & watercolor on heavy paper laid down on board
5 3/4 x 4 inches
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Víctor Patricio Landaluze (1828 – 1889)
In the Absence of the Lady
(En la Ausencia de la Señora), ca 1880
ink & watercolor on heavy paper laid down on board
5 3/8 x 3 3/4 inches
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Víctor Patricio Landaluze (1828 – 1889)
Galant Scene
(Escena Galante), ca 1880
ink & watercolor on heavy paper laid down on board
4 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches
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Víctor Patricio Landaluze (1828 – 1889)
The Accident
(El Accidente), ca 1880
ink & watercolor on heavy paper laid down on board
4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches
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A spotlight on works by AUGUSTO, PHILIPPE and ESTEBAN CHARTRAND, a trio of brothers
who were seminal in developing the art of Cuban landscape painting. The Chartrand brothers
remain giants in the field of early Pan-American landscape art, and are frequently in exhibition by museums and intitutions.
The Chartrand Brothers are among the earliest ranked and recognized artists born on the isle of Cuba.
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Esteban Chartrand (1840 – 1883)
Landscape with Farmers
(Paisaje con Campesinos), 1881
oil on canvas
22 x 38 ⅛ inches
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Augusto Chartrand (1828 – 1899)
Sailboats and Families by the River
(Veleros y Familias en el Río), ca 1880
oil on panel
7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
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Philippe Chartrand (1825 – 1889)
Glorious Sunset
(Glorioso Atardecer), 1886
oil on wood
9 1/2 x 14 inches
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Esteban Chartrand (1840 – 1883)
Landscape with Sailboats
(Paisaje con Veleros), ca 1865
oil on canvas
24 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches
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Anónimo
Sugar Mill
(Ingenio Azucarero), ca. 1880
oil on wood
9 x 12 inches
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A collection of marvelous late 19th and early 20th Century oil paintings by ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ ARAUJO, ANTONIO RODRÍGUEZ MOREY, GUMERSINDO BAREA, GONZALO ESCALANTE, and MANUEL MESA HERMIDA express the prominence of genre and landscape painting in the cultivation of an artistic national identity.
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Antonio Sánchez Araujo (1887 – 1946)
Street Dance
(Comparsa), ca 1920
oil on Masonite
13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches
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Antonio Rodríguez Morey (1874 – 1967)
Tropical Garden
(Jardín Tropical), ca 1905
oil on canvas board
15 x 10 inches
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Gumersindo Barea (1901 – 1965)
Maritime Landscape at Sundown
(Paisaje Marino con Puesta de Sol), 1933
oil on board
19 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
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Gonzalo Escalante (1865 – 1939)
Landscapes with Huts
(Paisaje con Bohíos), ca. 1937
oil on wood
20 x 10 inches
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Gonzalo Escalante (1865 – 1939)
Hut with Clothesline
(Bohío con Tendederas), ca 1937
oil on wood
20 x 10 inches
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Figure painting, landscapes, still life scenes and religious art by MANUEL MESA HERMIDA, MIGUEL ARIAS, JUAN GIL GARCÍA, and JOSÉ CAROL, evoke a comprehensive view of the fine art firmament in the West from the mid-19th to the early 20th Century.
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Manuel Mesa Hermida (1895 – 1971)
Feminine Nude
(Desnudo Femenino), 1917
oil on canvas
41 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches
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Miguel Arias (1841 – 1915)
Sunrise in the Countryside
(Amanecer en el Campo), ca. 1895
oil on canvas
19 x 13 1/2 inches
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Juan Gil García (1876 – 1932)
Chrysanthemums
(Crisantemos), 1925
oil on canvas
26 1/2 x 38 1/4 inches
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Juan Gil García (1876 – 1932)
Mangos, Coconut, and Carafe
(Mangos, Coco y Jarrón), 1925
oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches
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Juan Gil García (1876 – 1932)
Landscape with River at Daybreak
(Paisaje con Río y Amanecer), 1923
oil on canvas
18 x 40 inches
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Juan Gil García (1876 – 1932)
Vase and Roses
(Jarra y Rosas), ca 1920
oil on canvas
27 x 13 1/2 inches
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A radiant, devotional painting by JOSÉ CAROL, flanked on the left by an exquisite still life by JUAN GIL GARCÍA and on the right by a picturesque MIGUEL ARIAS landscape.
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Juan Gil García (1876 – 1932)
Roses
(Rosas), 1921
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 39 3/8 inches
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José Carol
Our Lady of Charity
(Virgen de La Caridad del Cobre), 1871
oil on canvas
62 1/2 x 39 3/4 inches
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Miguel Arias (1841 – 1915)
Landscape and Farmer
Paisaje y Campesino), ca 1900
oil on canvas
10 3/4 x 18 1/8 inches
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A collection of extraordinary plates and engravings, including a view of Havana in 1855 by ED WILLMANN, the oldest known engraving of Havana by JACOB VAN MEURS, 1671, an ELIAS DURNFORD engraving of religious architecture from the 1760's, and a hand-illuminated engraving of Matanzas by the master EDUARDO LAPLANTE. These marvels of antiquity are among the oldest in the gallery's collection, and provide a priceless snapshot of a changing world.
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Ed Willmann
Panorama of Havana (View from Regla)
(Panorama de La Habana (Vista tomada desde Regla)), 1855
lithograph engraving
20 x 44 1/2 inches
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Jacob Van Meurs
Havana
(Habana), 1671
wood engraving
11 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches
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Elías Durnford (1739 – 1794)
View of the Franciscan Church and Convent
ca. 1763
Engraving
14 x 19 1/2 inches
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Eduardo Laplante (1818 – 1860)
Matanzas
(Matanzas), ca. 1860
Lithograph
24 x 33 1/2 inches
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