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Artists
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Mariano Miguel Gonzalez
(1885-1954)
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The Witch
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Though born in Spain,
Mariano Miguel Gonzalez would become an influential
Cuban artists and a director of the San Alejandro
Academy. During his lifetime, he worked as an artist, a
professor and a journalist, and went down in San
Alejandro history as being an influential figure in
typography and engraving.
From his home in Madrid, Gonzalez traveled all of
Europe, and in 1904, traveled to Cuba to work as an
illustrator. He traveled back to Spain in 1908, only to
return to Havana in 1910 where he became an editor of a
naval newspaper. By 1912, Gonzalez had gained full Cuban
citizenship and went on to become a professor at San
Alejandro and taught landscape painting. |
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Our Lady Das Marinas
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Among his scholastic
achievements, Gonzalez was also highly published and
worked with a number of newspapers and magazines. He
exhibited his work extensively in both Europe and the
United States, and of course in Cuba. Along with a
number of collective exhibits, Gonzalez held one man
shows in Madrid, New York, Cincinnati, Mexico and
Havana. His style is one part Classical, one part
plastic, and reflects the rural life of Cuba and the
city life of Havana during pre-revolutionary times.
While Gonzalez was a beautiful painter of landscapes and
portraiture, he dedicated his life to the art of
engraving. He continued to teach engraving at San
Alejandro until his death in 1954. He was, in fact, one
of the first Cuban artists to push this form of art on
the island nation, and through his influence, engraving
became more widely used among Cuban artists. |
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A Street of Trinidad
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Because Gonzalez began
his artistic career in Europe, there may be a number of
paintings of his still existing there today,
unauthenticated or otherwise unknown. He also was known
to travel the Caribbean islands, and would paint or draw
scenes of these neighboring islands from time to time.
Do you think that you may own a piece of art by Mariano
Miguel Gonzalez? We would be glad to help you
authenticate a piece of art by this great Cuban artist. |
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Don Nicolas Rivero
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