RENE PORTOCARRERO. Engraving. Serigraphy / cardboard. Contemporary Cuban Art.
Cuba (1912-1985)
• Title: Untitled
• Technique: Serigraphy / cardboard.39 / 160
• Size: :( 7 ¾
x 7 ¾ inches)12 x 12 inches.
• Executed: Undated
• Signed: Portocarrero, signed within the image.
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Havana, acquired from the original
owner by the current owner.
Portocarrero attended short courses at the Academia
Villate and San Alejandro between 1924 and 1926, but his training could be
considered almost self-taught. In 1937, he was the advisor of the Free Studio
for Painters and Sculptors of Havana and collaborated on the magazine Verbum.
In 1943, he created important series of paintings such as Interiors of the
Hill, Festivals, Figures for an Imaginary Mythology, which reflect the lines
that would make up his cosmogony. Around 1950, he began to practice ceramics and
received a national painting award in 1951 for his oil painting Homage to
Trinidad, an antecedent to his "landscapes of Havana". He published
Masks, based on the carnival of Cienfuegos. In 1962, he had an exhibition known
as "Color of Cuba", composed of religious images and carnival
figures. He received several awards and his work is full of cathedrals,
witches, and devils, with an eclectic mix of styles and an impactful palette.
In 1979, he was named honorary advisory member of the International Association
of Plastic Artists of UNESCO, and the New York Times called him the greatest
contemporary painter of Cuba. When we think of Portocarrero, we think of the
colors of the rainbow and the light of tropical days.
RENE
PORTOCARRERO
. Grabado. Serigrafia / cartulina. Arte
contemporáneo.
Cuba
(1912-1985)
• Título: Sin titulo
• Técnica: serigrafia / cartulina .39 /
160
• Medida:( 7
¾ x 7 ¾ pulgadas)12 x 12 pulgadas
• Ejecutado: no fechado
• Firmado: Portocarrero, firmado dentro
de la imagen
PROVENANCE
Colección
privada, Habana, adquirido del propietario original por el propietario actual.