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José Campeche y Jordán (December 23, 1751 – November 7, 1809), is the first known Puerto Rican visual artist and considered by art critics as one of the best rococo artists in the Americas. Campeche y Jordán loved to use colors that referenced the landscape of Puerto Rico, as well as the social and political crème de la crème of colonial ...
Miguel Pou Becerra [note 1] (24 August 1880 [2] – 6 May 1968) [3] was a Puerto Rican oil canvas painter, draftsman, and art professor. [4] Together with José Campeche and Francisco Oller, he has been called "one of Puerto Rico's greatest masters."
El Velorio (Spanish for "The Wake") is an 1893 8-by-13-foot painting by Puerto Rican Impressionist painter Francisco Oller depicting a baquiné, a type of traditional wake. This painting is considered one of the most important pieces in the art history of Puerto Rico and is therefore considered a national treasure.
San Juan Nepomuceno Santo statuette by Felipe de la Espada, born in San Germán, Puerto Rico ca. 1754. When the Spanish first arrived in Puerto Rico, one of their primary tools in converting the indigenous Taíno population were statuettes, known as Santos, depicting the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, and other Catholic icons (the practice of religious sculpture already existed on the island ...
Although MAHA did not officially open to the public until 1951, its first collection dates to 1914, which consisted of Federico Degetau's personal art collection. The museum's most famous piece of Puerto Rican art, Francisco Oller's El Velorio (1893), was acquired the following year in 1915.
Museo de Arte de Ponce is the finest art museum in Puerto Rico. [11] The largest art museum in the Caribbean, [12] it has also been called one of the best in the Americas. [13] [14] [15] It was the first museum in Puerto Rico accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. [9] [16]
La Familia (Spanish for 'The Family') is the name of a mural by Puerto Rican muralist Rafael Ríos Rey located in the Barrio Obrero Community Center (Centro de Servicios Múltiples de Barrio Obrero) in Santurce, in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The mural depicts various scenes from the history of Puerto Rico with references to the popular ...
Upon hearing his death, the Governor of Puerto Rico ordered all state flags to fly at half mast [2] and proclaimed 2 days of national mourning. [3] His work is among the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, [8] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [7] Philadelphia Museum of Art, [9] the Galería Nacional, and the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico. [2 ...