Ernesto Gonzalez Puig (1913-1988) Oil on board, signed lower right, measures 21 3/4 x 29 1/8 and 28 3/4 x 25 3/4. A synthetic and self-taught painter, Ernesto Gonzalez Puig was both prolific and extensively exhibited throughout Cuba.Born in Pinar del Rio, Puig did not attend the available Cuban school of his contemporaries, San Alejandro. Instead, he taught himself how to paint and draw, which led him to create a style all his own.Initially, Puig would paint a culmination of all of the things which represented Cuba—flowers, animals, birds, the sea and the people. Eventually, these things merged into something more and Puig’s work took on a more Abstract or Expressionist look. However, even these sometimes bizarre compositions still executed the flavor of Cuban life in the colors and details of the painting.

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