Cuban art has been known since the 16th century.
In the 16th century, painters and sculptors began arriving from Europe. They made decorations (including paintings and sculptures), in Cuban churches and public buildings. By the mid-1700s, native-born artists were painting in Cuba, in the European tradition of painting. [1] [2]
Many works of art were left behind by José Nicolás de la Escalera (d. 1804). For many of those works, there is proof that he was the one who painted those.[1][3]
Vicente Escobar (d. 1834) was a mestizo, and he did portraits;[4] His paintings were popular with Cuba's elite (or people with wealth or political power).[4] He opened [the first, or] one of the first painting workshop/studios in Cuba. He later graduated from the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid.[5]
Víctor Patricio de Landaluze (d. 1889) was a Spanish-born artist, and he was an early artist of the costumbrismo genre. He was opposed to Cuban independence, and that cost him some of his popularity with the public.[1][2][6]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Martinez, Juan A.; Cuban Art & National Identity: The Vanguardia Painters, 1927-1950; University Press of Florida, 1994; ISBN 0-8130-1306-2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Poupeye, Veerle; Caribbean Art; Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, 1998; ISBN 0-500-20306-7
- ↑ Cernuda Arte: José Nicolás de la Escalera; http://www.cernudaarte.com/artists/jose-nicolas-de-la-escalera/ retvd 2 6 16
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Art Experts; Vicente Escobar y de Flores (1762-1834); http://www.artexpertswebsite.com/pages/artists/escobarydeflores.php Archived 2015-04-19 at the Wayback Machine; retvd 1 31 16
- ↑ Cernuda Arte: Vicente Escobar; http://www.cernudaarte.com/artists/vicente-escobar/; retvd 1 31 16
- ↑ Cernuda Arte: Víctor Patricio Landaluze http://www.cernudaarte.com/artists/victor-patricio-landaluze/; retvd 1 31 16