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  2. José Campeche - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Puerto Rican art - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Museo de Arte de Ponce - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. El Velorio - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Myrna Báez - Wikipedia

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    Myrna Báez (born August 18, 1931 – September 24, 2018) was a Puerto Rican painter and printmaker, considered one of the most important visual artists in Puerto Rico. [1] [2] [3] She has been instrumental in promoting art and art education in her country. [4]

  7. Francisco Oller - Wikipedia

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    Oller’s style of painting made him stand out among the many artists that took part in the depiction of Puerto Rico’s lush tropical landscapes of both rural and urban landscapes and provided a realistic image of Puerto Rico compared to the European artists that flocked over to the Caribbean to paint lush, idealized landscapes of the environment.

  8. Miguel Pou - Wikipedia

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    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."

  9. Ángel Botello - Wikipedia

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    Ángel Botello died in San Juan, Puerto Rico on November 11, 1986 leaving behind an impressive legacy of oil paintings, lithographs, linocuts, serigraphs and bronze sculptures. His former house located at Old San Juan, Puerto Rico now is an art gallery where his paintings, sculptures and artwork of other outstanding Puerto Rican and ...

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