Enriquez, Carlos
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| born on | 3 August 1900 at 03:30 (= 03:30 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Zulueta, Cuba, 22n22, 79w34 | ||||
| Timezone | LST m82w24 (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   10°32'   06°56 Asc. 15°21'
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Biography
Cuban painter, illustrator and writer of the Vanguardia movement (the Cuban Avant-garde). Along with Víctor Manuel, Amelia Peláez, Fidelio Ponce and Antonio Gattorno, and other masters of this period, he was involved in one of the most fertile moments in Cuban culture. He is considered by critics to be one of the best, and most original, Cuban artists of the 20th century.
Carlos Enríquez strived to develop a genuinely Cuban style that, while fueled by surrealism and modernism, took inspiration from Cuba's landscapes, culture, social problems and way of living. He was also considered a rebel, and was often criticized for the allegedly explicit nature of his nudes, and for his bohemian lifestyle.
He died 2 May 1957.
Source Notes
Casellanos quotes the biography
Carlos Enríquez
by Juan Sánchez
Ed Letras Cubanas, 1999
Categories
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist
