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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 ...
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 ...
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.
The museum contains one of the most important Pre-Raphaelite collections in the Western Hemisphere, [8] holding some 4,500 pieces of art [3] [9] distributed among fourteen galleries. [10] 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 ...
Kate de Romero, First Lady of Puerto Rico (1977–1985); Trustee of the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico; Irma Margarita "Maga" Neváres, First Lady of Puerto Rico (1993–2001) Luisa Gándara, First Lady of Puerto Rico (2005–2009) Lucé Vela, First Lady of Puerto Rico (2009–2013) Wilma Pastrana, First Lady of Puerto Rico (2013–2017)
All the while the parents are mourning over the loss of their child and some are consoling the mother. Oller’s painting is considered a Puerto Rican national treasure and is not allowed to leave the Museum of History, Anthropology, and Art at the University of Puerto Rico's Río Piedras campus. [10] Bodegón con piñas; El Cesante
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