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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 ...
The painting was owned by the Insular Library of Puerto Rico until 1915 when it was acquired by the University of Puerto Rico. El Velorio was instrumental in the development of the Museum of the University of Puerto Rico, the first of its kind in Puerto Rico and the first purpose-built museum in the island. [7]
Art schools in Puerto Rico (2 P) C. Puerto Rican comics (1 C) E. ... Paintings in Puerto Rico (1 C, 1 P) Public art in Puerto Rico (13 P) S. Sculptures in Puerto Rico ...
Artists from San Juan, Puerto Rico (32 P) + Puerto Rican LGBTQ artists (1 C) Puerto Rican male artists (1 C, 2 P) Puerto Rican women artists (4 C, 20 P) C.
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 ...
Ángel Botello. Ángel Botello (June 20, 1913 – November 11, 1986), full name Ángel Botello y Barros, was a Spanish-Puerto Rican painter, sculptor and graphic artist.He was dubbed "The Caribbean Gauguin" for his use of bold colors and depictions of island life.
Puerto Rican women painters (12 P) B. Jean-Michel Basquiat (2 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Puerto Rican painters" ... Toxic (graffiti artist) Rafael Tufiño; V. Samuel ...
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 ...