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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."
Pages in category "Puerto Rican painters" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. ... Toxic (graffiti artist) Rafael Tufiño; V. Samuel E. Vázquez
Angel Otero (born 1981) is a Puerto Rican contemporary visual artist, who specializes in painting. Otero's work is characterized by an interest in personal history, expressionistic abstraction, and Spanish Baroque painterly traditions. [1] He lives and works in Brooklyn but splits his time between New York and Chicago.
Lorenzo Homar Gelabert (September 10, 1913 – February 16, 2004) was a Puerto Rican printmaker, painter, and calligrapher whose artwork stretches to three main workshops: Centro de Arte Puertorriqueño (CPA), DIVEDCO (División de Educación a la Comunidad), and the Taller de Artes Gráficas of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP).
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]
Antonio ("Toño") Martorell Cardona (born 18 April 1939) is a Puerto Rican painter, graphic artist and writer. He regularly exhibits in Puerto Rico and the United States and participates in arts events around the world.
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.