RENE PORTOCARRERO (1912 – 1985) Ready to be hang on the wall. Canvas on the wooden underframe. Medium: printed on canvas panel. Diagonal: 26,8" or 68 cm. Size: 15,7" x 21,7" (in) or 40 x 55 cm. Date: c. 1945. Please note that this is a reproduction printed on canvas. The size may differ from how it looks in the photo. Color can be slightly different from the picture. Selling AS IS can be just a modern copy. René Portocarrero was a Cuban artist recognised internationally for his achievements. Portocarrero began his artistic education at the San Alejandro academy, but left early and is hence considered 'self taught'. He put on his first exhibition in 1934, at the Havana Lyceum, beginning a long and fruitful career which included a 1937 collaboration with Mariano Rodríguez and work as a 'free studies' teacher of painting and sculpture. After travels in Haiti, Europe and the United States he gave his first show to an overseas audience at Julien Levy's gallery in New York City in 1945. In 1950 he worked with Wifredo Lam, Mariano, Martinez Pedro and Amelia Palaez in the village of Santiago de Las Vegas. In 1961 he had meetings with Fidel Castro in the Jose Marti National Library where they discussed culture. René received lessons in painting from Nicolás Guillén Landrián. In 1977 he worked for the Japan Women's Association. In 1979 he worked for UNESCO and AIAP. He knew Peggy Guggenheim. In 1981 he received the 'Felix Varela' prize from Cuba and in 1982 he received the 'Aztec Eagle', Mexico's highest award.
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