THE MUSEUM OF MODERN11 WEST 53RD STREET. NEW YORK 19, N. Y.

Exhi bi tion ofMODERNCUBANPAUITERS

ART

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March 17 -The Museum11 West 53

&l;).y • 7, 1944of Modern ArtSt., e71York

ACEVEDO

Felicindo Iglesias Acevedo. Born Orense, Spain 1889. Studied for eleven yearsin a religious school in Fran e. Has lived in C ba for the last twenty-fiveyears. Sings in t e choir of Havana Cathedral. Self-taught. Began paintingin 1939 though he continues his business as a ~ine importer. Has exhibited ingroup shows in Havana.

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$lOOISCENE FROMDANTE'S INFaRNO.

1941. Oil on canvas. Lent by the artist.

1943. Oil on canvas. Lent by the artist.

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Cuna.o "Bennud.ez. "Born Havana 1914. Studiea. paihting briefly at San AlejandroJ\.caa.emy, Havana.; took his a.egree in d.iplomatic and. consular law at the NationalUniversity 1>11940. To Mexico 1938. One man shows Havana 1942 and. 1943 (With1'eli1'e OrlanCi.o). Ras exhibited. fre'!.usntly in Cuba since 1937; also in Mexico,Q.ua:t.ema.1.a, 'Dom.i.n.ican 'Re-pu."'o1.i.cand. 'Ne\1 'York. Two paintings in the Museum ofy.od.ern A.rt~ The "Balcony ""'d. (h'£.l in Pink Robe.

$l75~AN SEATZD, 1942. Oil on canvas. Lent anonymously.$200.MUSICIAJ!TS. 1943. Oil on canvas. ,~: Miss Blanche Grady

11' $l75rBjUlBER SHOP. 1942. Oil on canvas, '$l50Y-RED CHAIR. 1942. Oil on composition board •

.JI> $l75.llOMEO ANDJULIET. 1943. Oil on burlap.. ,The four paintings above lent by Galeria del Prado, Havana.

$55. THE BLUE PLANO. 1943. Gouache. Lent by the artist./PORTRAIT OF MA.~IALUISA GOMEZMENA.1943. Oil on burlnp. Lent by Maria Luisa

Gomez Mena, Havana.$55. THEYELLOWROCKINGCHAIR. 1944. Gouache.$54. OF A WOMAN.1944. Gouache •

. TIlE RED CZLLO. 1944. Gouache.The three gouaches above lent by the artist •

•'"'C..l.RRENO

Mario Carreno. Born Havana, 1913. Entered. San Alejand.ro Acad.emy, Havana, 1925but left a few months after. Began to work in the engraving d.epartment of theHavana nenspape r "Diario d.e La Marina." Also d.id illustrations and commercialart. To Spain 1932-1935, where he worked. as a commercial artist; to Mexico 1936;Paris 1937; Italy 1939; then New York. Influenced. by picaBso and. Mexicanpainters and. many Italian Renaissance masters. Back to C'J.ba 1941. One-man shows:Havana 1930, 1932, 1935, 1942, 1943; Paris 1939; New York 1941;" 1944; Boston1943. Also exhibited. in Mad.rid. and. Mexico City., Paintings in Ministry of Ed.uca-tion

t'HaVB.l1a; l1Jeu de Pauma" Musewn, Paris, and private collections in Havana,

Paris a~d. New York. One painting in the Museum of Modern Art. Th~ Tornado.Designs for the theatre, book and. magaZine illustrations, commercial art.

$250rBIRTH OF THE AMERICA-firl~ATIOliS. 1940. Gouache .....$100. THE COUPLE. 1940. Scratch board. "~hoorcrOMPOSITIOl~WITHNEGRESSES.1940. Pen and ink ...$SOOvCUBANCOLONIALPATIO. 1941. Oil Y$120o(UGJill-CANE CUTTERS.1943. Duco ~nWQoo./h076~dY for the SUGJlll-CA1~ECUTTERS. 1943. Pen and ink wash."-$120 'O-CUBAl~ DAiiCE. 1943. Duco on wood;v$:250:,tf.8GRESSWITHAVOC.iJ)O,1943. Gouache."-

Jt;. $500.\lfASE OF FLOI'1ERS.'1943. Duco,v' '$:250l(.fTILL LIFE.' 1943. Gouache .-:, Three ink drawings. 194\.',ti·~LJ~lkJ .... -_·~·_---" ..,_ .._--

, '"All of the above plctures by Carreno lent by the Perls Galleries, Inc.,New York.

.J, I!'I1\ DR.lJ.WIJilGS~50. Standing Girl. 1943. Ink.1$50.~uban Colonial Patio. 1942.

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DIAGORoberto Diago. Born Havana 1920. Studied at San Alejandro Academy 1934-1941.xhibited in several group shows in Havana.OMAN ~ITHSm~OWERS. 1943. Gouache. Lent by the artist. SO .& s , Louis Stanley

25..J.6 frl'Ille /. SNRI~lJEZICarlos E=iquez. Born 1900 Santa Clara, Cuba. Following his family's advice,

went to U.S •• 1920, to etudy engineering. In 1924 left his studies and elteredth Pennsylvani Ca emy of Fine Jrts but only for a few months. After return-ing to Cuba, he continued to paint; exhibited in the national salons and in thefirst group exhibition of modern artists, Ravana 1927. To Europe 1930.Studied in Spain the works of Greco, Zurbnran. Velazquez and Goyn. VisitedEngland and Itnly. In Paris was influenced by the surrealist movement. Againto Cuba, 1934. One-man shows H!Lvana: 1930. 1934, 1943. Oviedo and Madrid, Spain:931, 1933. Has exhibited freq ently in Havana and other Cuban cities; also inMexico City, 1938; New York, 1939, 1943: and San Francisco, 1942. Paintings inthe ~inistry of Education, Havana; San Francisco Museum of Jrt, and private col-lections in Spain aud Cuba. The Uuseum of Uodern Art has one painting:Landscape with Wild Borses. Frescoes in Jose M. GOmez School, Havana; SantaClara Normal School, and.'[>rivatehouses, Havana. Book and magaz i.ne illustrations.Is also the author of many articles on art, short stories and a novel.

II'TlffilUIPB OF THE MUL.i\.TTAS.1938. Oil on canvas. Lent by the Minis try ofBo.ucation, Havana.iE. 194D. 011. on canvas. Lent by the artist.

\250.,;C\fO~ 0\lTL1I.'11.1943. on on canvas. Lent by the artist.

, ,Victor Manuel Garcia. Born Havana 1897. Son of the caretaker of San AlejandroAcademy. Entered the academy 1913, studying under Romanach. To Europe 1914.Worked in Paris 1924-1926; influenced by post-impressionists, especiallyGauguin. His exhibition at 'the Association of Painters and Sculptors and hiscourageous enthusiasm helped launch the modern art movement in Cuba. Again toEurope. 1929-1930. One-man shows, Havana: 1924, 1927, 1930, 1935. Paintingsin the Ministry of Education, Havana and private collections in Cuba andGuatemala.~NDSCAPE. 1939. Oil on canVaS. Lent by Jose Gomez-Sicre. Havana.

MARIANO,

Mariano Rodriguez. Born Havana, 1912. Began to paint about 1936. ~ent to,Mexico, 1937 and studied there with the painter, Rodriguez Lozano. Back toCuba, worked as assistant in the Free Studio of Painting and Sculpture, Havana.One-man show, Havana, 1943. Has exhibited fre~uently in Cuba. Also exhibitedin New York: 1939, 1943; Brooklyn and San Francisco: 1943. Paintings in,Ministry of Education, Havana; and private collections in Havana and New York.Fresco in Santa Clara Normal School, 1937. One painting and one watercolor inthe Musemn of Modern ~rt: The Cock and ~es in a Landscape. Book illus-trations. \

t82. ~OMEN FIGHTING. 1940. Pencil. Lent oy the artist.~57. V1~TERIOR. 1943. Watercolor. Lent by the artist.$175.lo'COCK-FIGHT. 1942. Oil on Canvas. Lent by Geler{a del Prado, Havana.$57. Pj\TIO IN THE CERRO. 1942. Watercolor. Lept by the artist. SOLD,: l.\r.Wm.J.Beer$:WO.IIJ1'ISHBO\TL. Oil on canvas. Lent by Gal.eria del Prado. Havana. 1942. __ .,.. ~ ..c-_$150.IBOY VlITH',ACOCK. 1943. Oil on canvas. Lent by Galer{a del Prado, Havana.$80. 'COURTYARD ITITH GOATS. 1943. Oil on paper.*35. ~ROBATS. 1943. Ink.$200.~OMEN. 1943. Oil on canVaS.

'The three works above lent by the artist.

1tI0RENORafael Moreno. Born Huelva, Spain,18B7, and came to Cuba about 25 years ago.Worked as a bricklayer, farmer, bull-fighter; and proprietor of a grocery, afruit store, ~~d a,shooting gallery. Self-taught. Has painted cafe d.ecorations.

<.Jh25. TlfE GARDEr'. 1943. Oil on canvas.~$400. ~AaM. 1943. Oil on canvas.$400. PJIiW)ISE. 1943. Oil on canvas , , ~ Henry Church

The three works above lent by Pierre Loeb, Havana."eOURTYARD. 1943. Oil. Lent by Maria Luisa Gomez lEena, Havana.

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F.E.L IF E QRL.<NJJOrelipe Orlando. Born Quemados de GUines. Cuba 1911. Worked as a Post Officeemployee in various parts of the island, th~n in Havana, where he became in-terested in oommercial art. Studied with Victor Uanuel, Havana, 1930. Afterthe Cuban revolution enlisted in the Cuban Navy but left it to devote hiaselfto painting. Organized art classes for young people in Havana. Influenced byWlrc Chagnll. popular Cuban painting, DJ1d the art of cbildren whom he taught.Ol1e-mnn shows. Havana: 1935 (1), 1939, 1942, nd 19 (with CuD 0 'Bermudee) •~ls0 exhib'ted in New York, 1943; San Francisco, 1942 and 'Bro • 1943.paintings i private collections, Havana.

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ciRCUS. 1941. Oil on canvaS. Lent by Woria Lu sa mez Uena.uPPE • 1942. Gouache. Lent by the leda del Prado, Havana. "

;4~'~ HOUSE or C~ LInl S. 1943. Oil on canv s. Lent by the GalariaflljO. del Prado, Havana.$57. 1" 111 R. 1943. uacne . Lent by the a tis t.

J1 'I/O ASHI G. 1943. Gouache. Lent by the artitlt.•" I TERIOR. 1943. Oil on paper. Lent by the Galer( del Prado. Havana.~?00./DOUBLE PORTRAIT. 1943. Oil on canvas. Lent by the artist.'J/ OURT'!AIID. 1943. Gouache. Lent by the artist. SOLD: 5. obert J. eiRkopf~~~. ~

Iwu\TUlB'l. 1'llDRO

I'Lui& \4a.rtiez 1?ed.ro. '!lornHavana, 1910. Studied. briefly at San Alejond.roAcad.emy and.with V{ctor Manuel. Also studied. architecture at the Universityof Havo.nn. 'Lived.in New Orleans and.Florilia, 1931-1933 and. attenlielithe Artsanli Crafts Club classes. F,irst one-man show, Havana, 1943. Other exhibitionsin Ravana and.'New 'York, 1943. Drawings in -private collections in Havana,lIoston, and.\Iul.ni1a.One d.ra"ing, The Fisherman, in the Museum of Moliern Art.

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The three d.rawings above lent by the artist.$154. vTAU:iI.OMACHY:THE STRUGGLE OF THE SEXES. 1943. Pencil. Lent by ·the Galeria del

Prado. Havana.$154. HE FOlJNTAIN~ 1943. Pencil. Lent by the artist.$129. NEW VERSION OF ANDROMEDA. 1943. Pencil. Lent by the Galeria del Prado, Havana.

,.AMEL IA PELAEZAmelia Pelaez del Casal. Born 1897 Yaguajay, Santa Clora province. EntereliSan Alejandro Academy, Havana, studying under Romanach, 1916. New York 1924,Art Students League. Europe 1927-1934, stud.ying und.erAlexand.ra Exter inParis, 1931-33; also art history at the Ecole du Louvre. Influenced. byMod.igliani o.nliSoutine, later by cubism. One-man shows in Havana: 1924, 1935,1943; Paris: 1933; New York: 1941. Also exhibited in Guatemala, Mexico,Dominican Republic, and various cities in the U.S.A. and Canad.a; Paintingsin the Museum of Remeliios; Ministry 9f Education, Havana; and private collec-tions in Paris, Havana, and New York. Frescoes in Jose M. G6mez School andthe Normal School of Santa Claro. One painting Still Life in Red, and onelirawing, The Card Game are in the Museum of Moliern Art. Book and,aagazir,eillustrations.

~:?,oo..-fI.OWERS.1930. Oil on burla-p. Lent by the paler{a del Prado, Havana.1~~250,~·ARPACIFICO. 1936. Oil on'canvas.' $250.~INEAPPLE. 1939· 6il on canvas./·teo. ~ HAND. 1935. PElOcil.v'" ' J .teo. THE LOVERS. 1935. pencil.l' " '

The three wgrks above lent by the artist~~80• ...-ftlE SEWING MACHINE. 1936. Pencil d.rawing. Lent by the Galeria d.elPrado, Havana.!

THE HAMMOCK. 1940. Pen and ink. Lent by the artistJ$65. V'BALCONY. 1942. Watercolor. Lent by the artist •.!'"" # ' /'1'107. HE SISTERS. 1943. GoUllche. Lent by the Galeria del Prad.o, Havana. SOLD: Miss Ilka Chase$65 ....(fIRLS. 1943. Watercolor./ -

FIGuRE:.~1943. Oil o<Jn'canvas.gIRL. 1943. Oil on canvas.ISHE? 1943. Oil on canvas.The four works above lent by the artist.

PONCE ,Fidelio Ponce de Leon. Born Camaguey, Cuba c.1895. Entered San AlejandroAcaliemy, Havana 1913, stud.ying under Romanach. About 1918 to 1920 he leftHavana, his whereabout~ unknown even to his friends. On his return to the cityhe worked as art teacher in a suburban school from 1923 to '1925, when again hedisappeared until after 1930. One-man shows Havana, 1934; New York 1938;

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Bostor., 1942. Has exhibited frequently in Cuba end elso in Mexico endDominican Republic. Paintings in the Ilinistry of Education, Havena a~dprivate collections in Havana, Guatemala, and ew York. Wural in Jose M.GOoezSchool. One painting '1'11'0 Womenis in the !luseUlllof Ilodern Art.

rous 7 . 193. 11 on canvas. Lent by the lIinistry of Education, Havena.HILD~·. 1938. Oil on canvas. Lent by the Uinistry of ucation, Havana., I ::ATIUSLOYL . 1940. Oil on canvas. Lent by Jo {GOmez-Sicre, Havena.

O:AA!. 1940 (dated 1930). Pencil. Lent by JOS$ G6mez-Sicre, Havana.EATl"..J)?IGURE. 1940. Pencil. Lent by Jos" GOmez icre, Havana. I

lYE • 19 1. Oil on canvas. Lent by Mr. an Mrs. Eduardo Rodriguez Correa,Havana.

{'SELF~ORTRAIT.1941 (Inscribed date 1930). Pencil draWing. Lent by Joe:,Gomez-Sicre, Havana.

vTHREE GIRLS. 1943. Pencil. Lent by Jose G6mez-Sicre, Havena.

PORTOCARBERO,Rene Portocorrero. Born Cerro. Ravana, 1912. Self-taught. At the age ofeleven exhibiten in a group show in Havana. Appointed art teacher at theRavana prison. 1940. Ris early work influenced by surrealism, later by theSpanish-Cuban baro«U6. Has never been outsine of Cuba. One-man show, Havana,1942. Exhibiten in Ne':!York, 1939, 1943; Brooklyn. 1943; San Francisco, 1943.Paintings in private collections in Havana. Frescoes in the Santa ClaraNormal School. Havana. A sketchbook of twenty-five watercolor and ink draWingsin the Museumof Uodern Art. lllustrations and stage designs.~Rll~C).TlME..1940. Pencil drawing. Lent 'oy Maria Luisa G6mezMena, Havana.\/fm '!AOR:NU1G,. 1'340. Pencil drawing.vrnz SUPP1t.R.1'342. Oil on -pa-per. , . _

'ERIOR•. 1'34<'. "llatercolor. SOL'D;Miss Blanche Grady, MewYorkRUCIFIXIDNWlTHANGELSANDBUTTERFLIES.1943. Watercolor ..

The fauX works above lent by the Galeri~ del Prado. Havana.~. 1943. Watercolor. Lent by lAx. and Mrs. Francisco V. Portela, New York.v'~A!1CEm.1943. Pencil. Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Francisco V. Portela, New York. v

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