Description: ARMANDO GARCIA MENOCAL. Painter. Portrait of Enrique Zayas. Cuban Art oil / canvas Cuba (1863-1942) • Title: Portrait of Enrique Zayas • Technique: oil / canvas • Measurement: 27 ½ x 22 inches • Executed:1931 • Signed: Menocal PROVENANCE Private collection, Havana, acquired from the original owner by the current owner. Armando José Isabel García-Menocal was a Cuban painter active between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Havana and one of the first to incorporate the style of the turn of the century in island painting. He stood out for his portraits and landscapes with a luminosity and freshness not common in Cuban painting. In addition, he was an independence fighter and participated in the struggles for the independence of Cuba. He was a painter of stories, portraits, landscapes, seascapes, flowers, still lifes and also made decorations with mythological themes. His works can be seen at the National Museum of Fine Arts and in the Aula Magna of the University of Havana. His most famous work is "The Death of Antonio Maceo," a large-format oil painting from 1906 that is exhibited at the National Museum of Fine Arts. ARMANDO GARCIA MENOCAL. Pintor. Retrato de Enrique Zayas. Arte Cubano oleo / tela Cuba (1863-1942)• Título: Retrato de Enrique Zayas• Técnica: oleo /tela • Medida: 27 ½ x 22 pulgadas • Ejecutado:1931 • Firmado: Menocal PROVENANCEColección privada, Habana, adquirido del propietario original por el propietario actual. Armando José Isabel García-Menocal fue un pintor cubano activo entre finales del siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX. Fue director de la Academia de Bellas Artes de La Habana y uno de los primeros en incorporar el estilo del cambio de siglo en la pintura insular. Se destacó por sus retratos y paisajes con una luminosidad y frescura poco común en la pintura cubana. Además, fue independista y participó en las luchas por la independencia de Cuba. Fue pintor de historias, retratos, paisajes, marinas, flores, naturalezas muertas y también realizó decoraciones con temas mitológicos Sus obras se pueden ver en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes y en el Aula Magna de la Universidad de La Habana. Su obra más famosa es "La muerte de Antonio Maceo", un óleo de gran formato de 1906 que se exhibe en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Region of Origin: Latinamerican
Personalize: No
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 22
Title: Portrait of Enrique Zayas
Production Technique: oil/canvas
Item Length: 0
Item Height: 27 1/2
Subject: Portrait
Size: Medium
Material: oil/canvas
Culture: latinamerican
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
Framing: Framed
Artist: ARMANDO GARCIA MENOCAL
Year of Production: 1931
Signed By: ARMANDO GARCIA MENOCAL
Style: Cuban
Signed: Yes
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Theme: Portrait
Type: Painting
