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Carlos Enríquez Gómez (August 3, 1900 - May 2, 1957), was a 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 very involved in one of the most fertile moments in Cuban culture. Considered by critics to be one of the best, and most original, Cuban artists during the 20th century. Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ...
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Carlos Enriquez strived to develop a style that, while fueled by surrealism and modernism, aimed to be genuinely Cuban and take inspiration in 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 life-style. Kay Sage. ...
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Early years
Born in Zulueta, in the former Cuban province of Las Villas, on August 3, 1900, to a wealthy Cuban family, Carlos Enriquez received little academic training, so his art is considered to be largely autodidact. At a young age he transfers to Havana to complete his bachellor studies, and on 1920 his parents send him to Philadelphia, where he studied Commerce until 1924. Now is when, at his insistence, he's permitted to study Painting at the Pennsylvania Academy, where he took a short summer course, which he didn't complete due to differences with his professors, and these are the only painting studies he ever took. He returned home the following year, accompanied by his future first wife, north-american paintress Alice Neel. Plato is credited with the inception of academia: the body of knowledge, its development and transmission across generations. ...
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Soon after his return, he started painting professionally, while working as an accountant at the Lonja del Comercio (Havana's Stock Exchange). On 1925 he participates in his first exposition, and on 1927 two of his nudes where retired from the Exposition of New Arts of Havana after being considered "exagerately realistic" [1]. 1927, however, marks the year where the Cuban Vanguardia movement made its first steps, mainly thanks to this exposition, and the artists that participated in it and would later become the higher exponents of the movement. Havana (Spanish in full: San Cristóbal de La Habana, usually shortened to just La Habana; UN/LOCODE: CU HAV) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of more than 2. ...
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The episode convinced Enriquez to transfer back to the United States. After breaking up with Alice Neel, he returns to Cuba on 1930 with their daughter Isabetta. That same year, another of his expositions is aborted due to the allegedly explicit content of his paintings. He again leaves Cuba, this time for Europe, mainly Spain and France, where he continued his painting career and got in touch with impressionism and surrealism, currents that will radically influence his work. Some of his best works were produced in this period: Bacteriological Spring and Virgen del Cobre (which is the patron saint of Cuba). World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of Earth; the term continent here referring to a cultural and political distinction, rather than a physiographic one, thus leading to various perspectives about Europes precise borders. ...
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He returned to Cuba on 1934, and started a new pictorial style, which would become his trademark. He named it Romancero Guajiro (countryman's romance), a modernist approach to the stories and colors of the Cuban countryside. His painting Rey de los Campos de Cuba (King of the Cuban Fields) will receive first prize in 1935's National Exposition of Painters and Sculptors. Modernism is a cultural movement that generally includes the progressive art and architecture, music, literature and design which emerged in the decades before 1914. ...
Raise to fame and death Near 1939, he bought a small bungalow in the Arroyo Naranjo area of Havana, which he baptized El Hurón Azúl (the Blue Ferret). This will remain his home for the rest of his life. Here he paints one of his most famous works: El Rapto de las Mulatas (the Rape of the Mulatto Women). A transposition of the Rape of the Sabine Women to the Cuban fields, it is said that Enriquez had a horse brought to is workshop, tied Sara Cheméndez (his female model at the time) to the horse and had the animal lashed, in order to have a more realistic scene for the painting [2]. The same year, he was again awarded a prize in the National Exposition for this painting, and published his first novel, Tilín García. Trinomial name Mustela putorius furo (Linnaeus, 1758) In general use, a ferret is a domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo), a creature first bred from the wild European polecat or steppe polecat at least 2,500 years ago. ...
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In the 40s, he writes two more novels (La Vuelta de Chencho and La Feria de Guaicanama, which will be published posthumously on 1960), illustrates books, holds conferences and expositions in several countries, writes articles for different magazines, and continues to paint, getting again a prize in 1946's National Exposition, for his painting La Arlequina. // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ...
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His life was marked by alcoholism. During the 50s his health sensibly weakened. He suffered several problems with broken bones, allegedly caused by his unregulated way of living, and is said to have had severe economical problems, for the same reasons. He died on May 2, 1957, while painting in his study. That same day, a personal exposition was to be inaugurated (it was of course delayed a month after news of his death). His house in Havana is now a small museum with about 140 paintings by Enriquez, and a number of sketches and writings. The house also acts as the meeting center for a small organization of young Cuban artists, named Hurón Azúl. The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ...
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Style Enriquez' signature visual language was mainly composed by fluid lines, overlapping color forms, transparencies and dynamic figure compositions. His works usually aimed at depicting the Cuban countryside's history, myths and folklore. Poor peasants, bandits, sensual women, restless horses, and landscapes of palm trees and rolling hills were his common subjects.
He also painted portraits and self-portraits, a large number of nudes and a handful of still lifes. He described his work in the following manner:
"My work is in a constant state of evolution towards the interpretation of images produced between vigilance and sleep, Nevertheless, I am not a surrealist. Currently, I am interested in interpreting the sensibility of a Cuban, American or continental atmosphere but removed from the methods of the European schools. To do otherwise would be like trying to resolve that which is ours with foreign formulas, for oriental art is as distant from my sensibility (though it may move me) as is the art of Picasso." Enriquez was also an accomplished writer and illustrator. He published 3 books and a number of essays and articles. He also provided the illustration artwork for books by Nicolás Guillén and Alejo Carpentier, two famous Cuban writers that were friends of the painter and regularly visited his workshop. Nicolás Guillén (10 July 1902 – 16 July 1989) was a Cuban poet. ...
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Collections Enriquez' art started having wide recognition during his life-time, currently his work is permanently displayed in the following museums and collections around the world: - National Museum of Havana (or Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes).
- Museum of Modern Art, New York.
- El Hurón Azúl, Havana.
- Cuban Foundation Museum, Daytona Beach.
- Cuban Museum of Art and Culture, Miami.
A number of Enriquez' paintings and drawings are as well present in several private collections in Cuba, Latin America, United States and Europe. View across garden, in new MoMA building by Yoshio Taniguchi. ...
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