Rafael Tufino (Puerto Rican 1922-2008) La Ventana Block print on Japan paper Signed in pencil lower right inscribed in pencil lower left 76 / 200 Framed Dimensions 22" x 18" Rafael Tufiño was born in NYC in 1922 and moved to Puerto Rico at the age of 10 An excellent painter engraver drawer and printmaker he studied with Alejandro Sánchez Felipe During the `30s he established an atelier with artists Tony Maldonado Juan A. Rosado Luis Burgos and Luis García His first exhibition was in 1942 and consisted of paintings and drawings with an expressionist character After serving in the US Army in World War II, he moved to Mexico in 1947 where he enrolled in Academia San Carlos There he discovered his love for linoleum engraving which he uses to create art that has a social character Upon his return to Puerto Rico he founded Centro de Arte Puertorriqueño with fellow artists to promote works by Puerto Rican artists and to serve as an artistic educational center Out of New York Estate

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