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René Portocarrero

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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
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in the José Martí National Library, where they discussed culture. René received lessons in painting from
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in the village of Santiago de las Vegas. In 1961, he had meetings with
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As well as a painter and sculptor, Portocarrero worked as a
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In his lifetime he won 'best collection' at the seventh
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artist recognised internationally for his achievements.
197:, 24 February 1912; died Havana, 7 April 1985) was a 180: 161: 139: 123: 230:he gave his first show to an overseas audience at 332:), the United States (Museums of Modern Art, 8: 477:Felix: Fakten über Meister Rene Portocarrero 344:Art Center; Union Panamericana, Washington; 441: 439: 413: 411: 409: 376:(1963), was honoured by the governments of 328:), Peru (Instituto de Arte Contemporaneo, 131: 120: 292:and book illustrator, publishing his own 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 472: 470: 405: 456:Victor Moreno - Ein kubanischer Maler 45:Please improve this article by adding 7: 300:(The Dream) in 1939. He was also a 316:), Brazil (Museums of Modern Art, 14: 429:Biography at www.cubaliteraria.cu 23: 560:20th-century Cuban male artists 360:), as well as his native Cuba ( 356:) and Venezuela (Bellas Artes, 446:Biography at www.alocubano.com 418:Biography at www.soycubano.com 245:, Mariano, Martinez Pedro and 1: 320:and Rio de Janeiro), Canada ( 47:secondary or tertiary sources 545:20th-century Cuban sculptors 499:. Riera Studio, Havana, Cuba 346:Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 270:Victor Miquel Moreno Piñeiro 555:20th-century Cuban painters 272:(Victor Moreno), cousin of 586: 493:"Victor M. Moreno Piñeiro" 352:), Uruguay (Bellas Artes, 314:Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires 210:'free studies' teacher of 130: 390:www.vanguardiacubana.com 322:National Gallery, Ottawa 296:(The Masks) in 1935 and 268:In the 1980s, he taught 255:Nicolás Guillén Landrián 241:In 1950, he worked with 16:Cuban artist (1912–1985) 274:Servando Cabrera Moreno 565:20th-century ceramists 497:www.rierastudioart.com 384:, and given a seat on 374:São Paulo Art Biennial 362:Museo Nacional, Havana 34:relies excessively on 464:Interview FB & VM 570:Cuban male painters 218:. After travels in 58:"René Portocarrero" 535:Cuban illustrators 396:'s highest award. 326:Modern Arts, Paris 462:978-3-9812227-2-2 191:René Portocarrero 188: 187: 150:February 24, 1912 125:René Portocarrero 119: 118: 111: 93: 577: 509: 508: 506: 504: 488: 482: 481: 474: 465: 454: 448: 443: 434: 433: 426: 420: 415: 263:Peggy Guggenheim 168: 149: 147: 135: 121: 114: 107: 103: 100: 94: 92: 51: 27: 19: 585: 584: 580: 579: 578: 576: 575: 574: 540:Cuban ceramists 515: 514: 513: 512: 502: 500: 491:Riera, Samuel. 490: 489: 485: 479: 475: 468: 455: 451: 444: 437: 431: 427: 423: 416: 407: 402: 370: 290:scenic designer 282: 207: 176: 170: 166: 157: 151: 145: 143: 126: 115: 104: 98: 95: 52: 50: 44: 40:primary sources 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 583: 581: 573: 572: 567: 562: 557: 552: 550:Male sculptors 547: 542: 537: 532: 527: 517: 516: 511: 510: 483: 466: 449: 435: 421: 404: 403: 401: 398: 369: 366: 348:; Art Museum, 281: 278: 234:'s gallery in 206: 203: 186: 185: 182: 178: 177: 171: 169:(aged 73) 163: 159: 158: 152: 141: 137: 136: 128: 127: 124: 117: 116: 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 582: 571: 568: 566: 563: 561: 558: 556: 553: 551: 548: 546: 543: 541: 538: 536: 533: 531: 528: 526: 523: 522: 520: 498: 494: 487: 484: 478: 473: 471: 467: 463: 459: 453: 450: 447: 442: 440: 436: 430: 425: 422: 419: 414: 412: 410: 406: 399: 397: 395: 391: 387: 383: 379: 375: 367: 365: 363: 359: 355: 351: 347: 343: 339: 338:San Francisco 335: 331: 327: 323: 319: 315: 311: 310:Habana Hilton 307: 303: 299: 295: 291: 287: 279: 277: 275: 271: 266: 264: 260: 256: 252: 248: 247:Amelia Peláez 244: 239: 237: 236:New York City 233: 229: 228:United States 225: 221: 217: 213: 204: 202: 200: 196: 192: 183: 179: 174: 165:April 7, 1985 164: 160: 155: 142: 138: 134: 129: 122: 113: 110: 102: 91: 88: 84: 81: 77: 74: 70: 67: 63: 60: –  59: 55: 54:Find sources: 48: 42: 41: 37: 32:This article 30: 26: 21: 20: 501:. Retrieved 496: 486: 452: 432:(in Spanish) 424: 371: 350:Indianapolis 297: 294:Las Máscaras 293: 283: 267: 251:Fidel Castro 240: 208: 190: 189: 167:(1985-04-07) 105: 99:October 2008 96: 86: 79: 72: 65: 53: 33: 530:1985 deaths 525:1912 births 503:18 November 480:(in German) 324:), France ( 306:Bauta, Cuba 243:Wifredo Lam 232:Julien Levy 519:Categories 400:References 354:Montevideo 286:ceramicist 261:. He knew 181:Occupation 146:1912-02-24 69:newspapers 36:references 342:Milwaukee 318:São Paulo 238:in 1945. 216:sculpture 378:Bulgaria 334:New York 302:muralist 298:El Sueño 280:Artworks 226:and the 212:painting 358:Caracas 205:History 83:scholar 460:  394:Mexico 386:UNESCO 382:Poland 368:Awards 224:Europe 195:Havana 193:(born 184:Artist 175:, Cuba 173:Havana 156:, Cuba 154:Havana 85:  78:  71:  64:  56:  220:Haiti 199:Cuban 90:JSTOR 76:books 505:2022 458:ISBN 380:and 336:and 330:Lima 259:AIAP 214:and 162:Died 140:Born 62:news 364:). 38:to 521:: 495:. 469:^ 438:^ 408:^ 340:; 288:, 276:. 265:. 222:, 49:. 507:. 148:) 144:( 112:) 106:( 101:) 97:( 87:· 80:· 73:· 66:· 43:.

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