MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

JOHN BALOSSI

Biography Details. Painter, sculptor, printmaker, watercolorist, ceramicist, and teacher. Balossi studied at Columbia University, where he earned his BFA in 1956 and his MFA in 1960. Between 1956 and 1960 Balossi worked as a commercial artist and managed a gallery with J. Peplinsky, another young artist. He moved to Puerto Rico in 1960 and

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LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

JOSÉ OLIVER

In 1955 he moved to San Juan and served as director of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts until 1975. Oliver worked extensively in murals depicting scenes from history, and also in landscape, both rural and urban. His painting is characterized by a vocabulary of lines

MANUEL JORDAN

Biography Details. Painter and musician. He has been regarded as Francisco Oller’s most outstanding disciple, with whom he studied since 1868. He also excelled in the musical field as part of the Teatro de San Juan Orchestra, Choirmaster at the Cathedral and giving private piano and violin lessons. From his teacher Oller, he learned

to master

RAQUEL QUIJANO

Quijano was co-founder in 2005 of = Desto and currently is Drawing and Painting Professor at the Liga de Estudiantes de Arte de San Juan (Art Students League in San Juan). Her works are in the collections of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico and at Princeton University, among others.

GAMALIEL RODRÍGUEZ

Biography Details. Painter, photographer and Illustrator. After graduating from public high school in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Rodríguez-Ayala joined the USA Army in 1997. In 2001, he returned to Puerto Rico to study art. In 2004, after completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Painting from the University of the Sacred Heart in San

Juan, Puerto

NORA RODRÍGUEZ VALLÉS Departamento de Comunicaciones, área de artes visuales, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Profesora. Casa Candina, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987-1989. Instructora. Campamento Creativo de Teatro Musical, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Museo de MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

JOHN BALOSSI

Biography Details. Painter, sculptor, printmaker, watercolorist, ceramicist, and teacher. Balossi studied at Columbia University, where he earned his BFA in 1956 and his MFA in 1960. Between 1956 and 1960 Balossi worked as a commercial artist and managed a gallery with J. Peplinsky, another young artist. He moved to Puerto Rico in 1960 and

from

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

JOSÉ OLIVER

In 1955 he moved to San Juan and served as director of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts until 1975. Oliver worked extensively in murals depicting scenes from history, and also in landscape, both rural and urban. His painting is characterized by a vocabulary of lines

MANUEL JORDAN

Biography Details. Painter and musician. He has been regarded as Francisco Oller’s most outstanding disciple, with whom he studied since 1868. He also excelled in the musical field as part of the Teatro de San Juan Orchestra, Choirmaster at the Cathedral and giving private piano and violin lessons. From his teacher Oller, he learned

to master

RAQUEL QUIJANO

Quijano was co-founder in 2005 of = Desto and currently is Drawing and Painting Professor at the Liga de Estudiantes de Arte de San Juan (Art Students League in San Juan). Her works are in the collections of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico and at Princeton University, among others.

GAMALIEL RODRÍGUEZ

Biography Details. Painter, photographer and Illustrator. After graduating from public high school in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Rodríguez-Ayala joined the USA Army in 1997. In 2001, he returned to Puerto Rico to study art. In 2004, after completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Painting from the University of the Sacred Heart in San

Juan, Puerto

NORA RODRÍGUEZ VALLÉS Departamento de Comunicaciones, área de artes visuales, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Profesora. Casa Candina, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987-1989. Instructora. Campamento Creativo de Teatro Musical, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Museo de CALENDAR | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Y no había luz. Diez años de trayectoria. Learn about the activities that the Theater Company 'Y no habia luz' will be presenting at the

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CALENDAR | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Ceramic (5-7 years) New Workshop! Click here for details. Workshop Children and family More info. April 11, 2015 - May 24, 2015

ANTONIO MARTORELL

Printmaker, painter, draftsman, installation artist, stage and costume designer, writer, illustrator, and teacher. Martorell is one of the most prolific Puerto Rican artists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, and a direct heir of the graphic tradition

initiated by

PABLO RUBIO

Sculptor, painter, draftsman, designer, curator and professor. Obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts at the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts and a Master’s Degree at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Buffalo. He now teaches at the University of Puerto Rico. In 1985, he was invited to the First International Sculpture

Symposium in

RAFAEL COLÓN MORALES Painter. Studied at Universidad de Puerto Rico, at American University, Washington, DC and at Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain. He has been Professor at Universidad de Puerto Rico, Broooklyn Community College, and the Art School from el Museo del Barrio, both in New York. During the seventies, he made a

name for himself

JOSÉ TORRES MARTINÓ Painter, printmaker, graphic designer, teacher, radio broadcaster, arts theorist, and writer. Torres Martino studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1934, at the School of Art of the Brooklyn Museum in 1946, and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1948. On his return to the island, he and Félix Rodríguez Báez

founded Studio 17.

LORENZO HOMAR

Homar moved to New York when he was very young and studied at the Art Students League there (1930) and at the Pratt Institute (1939). He worked for ten years as a jewelry designer at Cartier Jewelers, while he studied painting and printmaking at the School of the Brooklyn Museum of Art under Rufino Tamayo, Arthur Osler, and Gabor Peterdi.

ISABEL BERNAL

Isabel BernalSan Sebastián, PR, 1935. Painter and graphic artist. Studied design, drawing and silkscreen at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1952, and painting at the University of Puerto Rico under Professor Osiris Delgado. After graduating in 1957, she started working as a graphic artist at the Division of Community

Education

LUISINA ORDÓÑEZ

Ordóñez studied drawing under Spanish painter Alejandro Sánchez Felipe at the art school set up by the Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration in San Juan in 1934. In 1935, she was one of the first artists to receive a government scholarship for study abroad. Ordóñez studied painting, drawing, and sculpture at the Academia de

Bellas

HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San Carlos) in 1986. She taught in the Department of Fine Arts at the MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

JOHN BALOSSI

Catalogues. Balossi, Galería Viota, San Juan,1999. John Balossi: Horses and Riders: Ajourney from San Juan to Chiavari, Galería Rojo y Negro, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

MANUEL JORDAN

Solo Shows. 1984. Homenaje a Manuel E. Jordán (1853-1919), Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Group Shows. 2001. Los tesoros de la pintura puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

JOSÉ OLIVER

Painter and chemist. Oliver began to study painting under María Cadilla in Arecibo. At the age of ten his family moved to Spain, where, in time, he completed a doctorate in chemistry at the University of Barcelona and attended the Escuela de Artes y Oficios in

that same city.

ANTONIO NAVIA

"Art is an experience: make the subconscious conscious. Although some believe it is to habit in the myth and enjoy its material benefits. Grand goals are not reached based on absurd traditionalist concepts, but from a real conceptual space heading to a dynamic time change.

RAQUEL QUIJANO

"As a printmaker I seek to arouse within the public, curiosity with my 3D works. My work intends to encourage in the observer the desire to examine the work, to even analyze it psychologically if so desired and above all, to develop a desire to create in the observer.

GAMALIEL RODRÍGUEZ

Solo Shows. 2013. Fallout, Galería R.J. Reynolds, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico; 2012. Solo Projects: Focus Latinoamérica, Feria ARCO, Madrid NORA RODRÍGUEZ VALLÉS Pintora, grabadora. Obtiene bachillerato en Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en 1980 y maestría en Arte y Estudios de Género de Vermont College of Norwich University en 1988. MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

JOHN BALOSSI

Catalogues. Balossi, Galería Viota, San Juan,1999. John Balossi: Horses and Riders: Ajourney from San Juan to Chiavari, Galería Rojo y Negro, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

MANUEL JORDAN

Solo Shows. 1984. Homenaje a Manuel E. Jordán (1853-1919), Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Group Shows. 2001. Los tesoros de la pintura puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

JOSÉ OLIVER

Painter and chemist. Oliver began to study painting under María Cadilla in Arecibo. At the age of ten his family moved to Spain, where, in time, he completed a doctorate in chemistry at the University of Barcelona and attended the Escuela de Artes y Oficios in

that same city.

ANTONIO NAVIA

"Art is an experience: make the subconscious conscious. Although some believe it is to habit in the myth and enjoy its material benefits. Grand goals are not reached based on absurd traditionalist concepts, but from a real conceptual space heading to a dynamic time change.

RAQUEL QUIJANO

"As a printmaker I seek to arouse within the public, curiosity with my 3D works. My work intends to encourage in the observer the desire to examine the work, to even analyze it psychologically if so desired and above all, to develop a desire to create in the observer.

GAMALIEL RODRÍGUEZ

Solo Shows. 2013. Fallout, Galería R.J. Reynolds, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico; 2012. Solo Projects: Focus Latinoamérica, Feria ARCO, Madrid NORA RODRÍGUEZ VALLÉS Pintora, grabadora. Obtiene bachillerato en Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en 1980 y maestría en Arte y Estudios de Género de Vermont College of Norwich University en 1988. CALENDAR | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Y no había luz. Diez años de trayectoria. Learn about the activities that the Theater Company 'Y no habia luz' will be presenting at the

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CALENDAR | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Ceramic (5-7 years) New Workshop! Click here for details. Workshop Children and family More info. April 11, 2015 - May 24, 2015 RAFAEL COLÓN MORALES Over the years, his creative process has been diverse but consistent in the continuous pursuit of ideas and technical possibilities. He developed a self-imagery in a particular way, by applying layers of matte or transparent acrylic (which he calls "skins") on the pictorial surface, especially on canvas.

ANTONIO MARTORELL

Printmaker, painter, draftsman, installation artist, stage and costume designer, writer, illustrator, and teacher. Martorell is one of the most prolific Puerto Rican artists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, and a direct heir of the graphic tradition

initiated by

LUISINA ORDÓÑEZ

Education. 1935-1936. Studied painting, drawing and sculpture. Real Academia de Bellas Artes San Fernando, Madrid, Spain; 1933-1934.

Studied drawing and

HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San

Carlos) in 1986.

CARLOS IRIZARRY

Education. 1954-1958. Art and Design School, New York, United States Professional Experience. 1983. Professor. Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico

PABLO RUBIO

Sculptor, painter, draftsman, designer, curator and professor. Obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts at the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts and a Master’s Degree

MARTA MABEL PÉREZ

Photographer, installation artist, museologist, curator. Pérez received the President’s Fellowship from the University of Puerto Rico to study art and architecture at the American University in

Washington, D.C.

ANDY BUESO | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Solo Shows. 2004. Homenaje a Andy Bueso, Uri Art Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico; 1999. A Puertas Abiertas, (studio opening), Academia de Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

JOSÉ OLIVER

In 1955 he moved to San Juan and served as director of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts until 1975. Oliver worked extensively in murals depicting scenes from history, and also in landscape, both rural and urban. His painting is characterized by a vocabulary of lines

MANUEL JORDAN

Biography Details. Painter and musician. He has been regarded as Francisco Oller’s most outstanding disciple, with whom he studied since 1868. He also excelled in the musical field as part of the Teatro de San Juan Orchestra, Choirmaster at the Cathedral and giving private piano and violin lessons. From his teacher Oller, he learned

to master

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

PABLO RUBIO

Sculptor, painter, draftsman, designer, curator and professor. Obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts at the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts and a Master’s Degree at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Buffalo. He now teaches at the University of Puerto Rico. In 1985, he was invited to the First International Sculpture

Symposium in

SUSANA ESPINOSA

Espinosa graduated in 1953 from the Academia de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires and worked in a ceramics factory until she opened her own studio in 1958. She lived and worked in Trinidad from 1961 to 1968, moving then to Puerto Rico, where she worked with Hal Lasky until she opened a studio with Bernardo Hogan and Isabel Rivera.

ANTONIO NAVIA

Biography Details. Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, draftsman, and creator of mixed-media and environmental installations. Navia studied art at the University of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico School of Visual Arts, and SUNY-Buffalo. He has taught at the Puerto Rico School of

Visual Arts.

RAQUEL QUIJANO

Quijano was co-founder in 2005 of = Desto and currently is Drawing and Painting Professor at the Liga de Estudiantes de Arte de San Juan (Art Students League in San Juan). Her works are in the collections of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico and at Princeton University, among others. NORA RODRÍGUEZ VALLÉS Departamento de Comunicaciones, área de artes visuales, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Profesora. Casa Candina, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987-1989. Instructora. Campamento Creativo de Teatro Musical, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Museo de MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

JOSÉ OLIVER

In 1955 he moved to San Juan and served as director of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts until 1975. Oliver worked extensively in murals depicting scenes from history, and also in landscape, both rural and urban. His painting is characterized by a vocabulary of lines

MANUEL JORDAN

Biography Details. Painter and musician. He has been regarded as Francisco Oller’s most outstanding disciple, with whom he studied since 1868. He also excelled in the musical field as part of the Teatro de San Juan Orchestra, Choirmaster at the Cathedral and giving private piano and violin lessons. From his teacher Oller, he learned

to master

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

PABLO RUBIO

Sculptor, painter, draftsman, designer, curator and professor. Obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts at the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts and a Master’s Degree at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Buffalo. He now teaches at the University of Puerto Rico. In 1985, he was invited to the First International Sculpture

Symposium in

SUSANA ESPINOSA

Espinosa graduated in 1953 from the Academia de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires and worked in a ceramics factory until she opened her own studio in 1958. She lived and worked in Trinidad from 1961 to 1968, moving then to Puerto Rico, where she worked with Hal Lasky until she opened a studio with Bernardo Hogan and Isabel Rivera.

ANTONIO NAVIA

Biography Details. Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, draftsman, and creator of mixed-media and environmental installations. Navia studied art at the University of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico School of Visual Arts, and SUNY-Buffalo. He has taught at the Puerto Rico School of

Visual Arts.

RAQUEL QUIJANO

Quijano was co-founder in 2005 of = Desto and currently is Drawing and Painting Professor at the Liga de Estudiantes de Arte de San Juan (Art Students League in San Juan). Her works are in the collections of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico and at Princeton University, among others. NORA RODRÍGUEZ VALLÉS Departamento de Comunicaciones, área de artes visuales, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Profesora. Casa Candina, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987-1989. Instructora. Campamento Creativo de Teatro Musical, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Museo de MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 CALENDAR | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Fashion Illustration-Basic Level (8-12 years) New Fashion Workshop! Click here for details. CALENDAR | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Ceramic (5-7 years) New Workshop! Click here for details. Workshop Children and family More info. April 11, 2015 - May 24, 2015

ANTONIO MARTORELL

Printmaker, painter, draftsman, installation artist, stage and costume designer, writer, illustrator, and teacher. Martorell is one of the most prolific Puerto Rican artists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, and a direct heir of the graphic tradition

initiated by

RAFAEL COLÓN MORALES Painter. Studied at Universidad de Puerto Rico, at American University, Washington, DC and at Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain. He has been Professor at Universidad de Puerto Rico, Broooklyn Community College, and the Art School from el Museo del Barrio, both in New York. During the seventies, he made a

name for himself

NATHAN BUDOFF

His interest in books and narrative lead him to produce three artist books from the late 90’s through 2002. Each book was designed, printed and bound by hand in a limited edition. In 2002 Nathan Budoff competed for a public art commission as part of the Programa de Arte Público de Puerto Rico.

MIGUEL POU BECERRA

Biography Details. Painter, draftsman, and teacher. In Ponce, Pou studied drawing under Pedro Clausells and painting under Spaniard Santiago Meana. After graduation from the Instituto Provincial de Puerto Rico he became a teacher. In 1910, he established an art school

in

OSIRIS DELGADO

Biography Details. Painter, writer, and historian. Delgado studied philosophy and history at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and the Porta Romana Royal Institute of Fine Arts in Italy. In 1939 he attended the Académie Vavin and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. He also attended the Academia de Bellas Artes de San JULIO ROSADO DEL VALLE After his return to Puerto Rico for this project, Rosado del Valle worked as an illustrator at the recently created Community Education Division (DIVEDCO) of Departamento de Instrucción Pública and was co-founder of the Center for Puerto Rican Art. In 1954 he was appointed artist-in-residence at the University of Puerto Rico, a

position that

JOSÉ TORRES MARTINÓ Painter, printmaker, graphic designer, teacher, radio broadcaster, arts theorist, and writer. Torres Martino studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1934, at the School of Art of the Brooklyn Museum in 1946, and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1948. On his return to the island, he and Félix Rodríguez Báez

founded Studio 17.

MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

JOSÉ OLIVER

In 1955 he moved to San Juan and served as director of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts until 1975. Oliver worked extensively in murals depicting scenes from history, and also in landscape, both rural and urban. His painting is characterized by a vocabulary of lines

MANUEL JORDAN

Biography Details. Painter and musician. He has been regarded as Francisco Oller’s most outstanding disciple, with whom he studied since 1868. He also excelled in the musical field as part of the Teatro de San Juan Orchestra, Choirmaster at the Cathedral and giving private piano and violin lessons. From his teacher Oller, he learned

to master

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

PABLO RUBIO

Sculptor, painter, draftsman, designer, curator and professor. Obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts at the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts and a Master’s Degree at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Buffalo. He now teaches at the University of Puerto Rico. In 1985, he was invited to the First International Sculpture

Symposium in

SUSANA ESPINOSA

Espinosa graduated in 1953 from the Academia de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires and worked in a ceramics factory until she opened her own studio in 1958. She lived and worked in Trinidad from 1961 to 1968, moving then to Puerto Rico, where she worked with Hal Lasky until she opened a studio with Bernardo Hogan and Isabel Rivera.

ANTONIO NAVIA

Biography Details. Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, draftsman, and creator of mixed-media and environmental installations. Navia studied art at the University of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico School of Visual Arts, and SUNY-Buffalo. He has taught at the Puerto Rico School of

Visual Arts.

RAQUEL QUIJANO

Quijano was co-founder in 2005 of = Desto and currently is Drawing and Painting Professor at the Liga de Estudiantes de Arte de San Juan (Art Students League in San Juan). Her works are in the collections of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico and at Princeton University, among others. NORA RODRÍGUEZ VALLÉS Departamento de Comunicaciones, área de artes visuales, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Profesora. Casa Candina, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987-1989. Instructora. Campamento Creativo de Teatro Musical, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Museo de MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

JOSÉ OLIVER

In 1955 he moved to San Juan and served as director of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts until 1975. Oliver worked extensively in murals depicting scenes from history, and also in landscape, both rural and urban. His painting is characterized by a vocabulary of lines

MANUEL JORDAN

Biography Details. Painter and musician. He has been regarded as Francisco Oller’s most outstanding disciple, with whom he studied since 1868. He also excelled in the musical field as part of the Teatro de San Juan Orchestra, Choirmaster at the Cathedral and giving private piano and violin lessons. From his teacher Oller, he learned

to master

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

PABLO RUBIO

Sculptor, painter, draftsman, designer, curator and professor. Obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts at the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts and a Master’s Degree at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Buffalo. He now teaches at the University of Puerto Rico. In 1985, he was invited to the First International Sculpture

Symposium in

SUSANA ESPINOSA

Espinosa graduated in 1953 from the Academia de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires and worked in a ceramics factory until she opened her own studio in 1958. She lived and worked in Trinidad from 1961 to 1968, moving then to Puerto Rico, where she worked with Hal Lasky until she opened a studio with Bernardo Hogan and Isabel Rivera.

ANTONIO NAVIA

Biography Details. Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, draftsman, and creator of mixed-media and environmental installations. Navia studied art at the University of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico School of Visual Arts, and SUNY-Buffalo. He has taught at the Puerto Rico School of

Visual Arts.

RAQUEL QUIJANO

Quijano was co-founder in 2005 of = Desto and currently is Drawing and Painting Professor at the Liga de Estudiantes de Arte de San Juan (Art Students League in San Juan). Her works are in the collections of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico and at Princeton University, among others. NORA RODRÍGUEZ VALLÉS Departamento de Comunicaciones, área de artes visuales, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Profesora. Casa Candina, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987-1989. Instructora. Campamento Creativo de Teatro Musical, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Museo de MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 CALENDAR | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Fashion Illustration-Basic Level (8-12 years) New Fashion Workshop! Click here for details. CALENDAR | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Ceramic (5-7 years) New Workshop! Click here for details. Workshop Children and family More info. April 11, 2015 - May 24, 2015

ANTONIO MARTORELL

Printmaker, painter, draftsman, installation artist, stage and costume designer, writer, illustrator, and teacher. Martorell is one of the most prolific Puerto Rican artists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, and a direct heir of the graphic tradition

initiated by

NATHAN BUDOFF

His interest in books and narrative lead him to produce three artist books from the late 90’s through 2002. Each book was designed, printed and bound by hand in a limited edition. In 2002 Nathan Budoff competed for a public art commission as part of the Programa de Arte Público de Puerto Rico. RAFAEL COLÓN MORALES Painter. Studied at Universidad de Puerto Rico, at American University, Washington, DC and at Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain. He has been Professor at Universidad de Puerto Rico, Broooklyn Community College, and the Art School from el Museo del Barrio, both in New York. During the seventies, he made a

name for himself

MIGUEL POU BECERRA

Biography Details. Painter, draftsman, and teacher. In Ponce, Pou studied drawing under Pedro Clausells and painting under Spaniard Santiago Meana. After graduation from the Instituto Provincial de Puerto Rico he became a teacher. In 1910, he established an art school

in

OSIRIS DELGADO

Biography Details. Painter, writer, and historian. Delgado studied philosophy and history at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and the Porta Romana Royal Institute of Fine Arts in Italy. In 1939 he attended the Académie Vavin and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. He also attended the Academia de Bellas Artes de San JULIO ROSADO DEL VALLE After his return to Puerto Rico for this project, Rosado del Valle worked as an illustrator at the recently created Community Education Division (DIVEDCO) of Departamento de Instrucción Pública and was co-founder of the Center for Puerto Rican Art. In 1954 he was appointed artist-in-residence at the University of Puerto Rico, a

position that

JOSÉ TORRES MARTINÓ Painter, printmaker, graphic designer, teacher, radio broadcaster, arts theorist, and writer. Torres Martino studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1934, at the School of Art of the Brooklyn Museum in 1946, and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1948. On his return to the island, he and Félix Rodríguez Báez

founded Studio 17.

MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

MANUEL JORDAN

Biography Details. Painter and musician. He has been regarded as Francisco Oller’s most outstanding disciple, with whom he studied since 1868. He also excelled in the musical field as part of the Teatro de San Juan Orchestra, Choirmaster at the Cathedral and giving private piano and violin lessons. From his teacher Oller, he learned

to master

CARLOS OSORIO

He returned to New York, where he became a community leader, a promoter of Puerto Rican art, and an active member of the Amigos de Puerto Rico. He was co-founder and director of Taller Boricua, a community art education center, and took part in the foundation of El Museo del Barrio in 1969. In 1977, he moved to Austin, Texas, and

taught art at

JOSÉ OLIVER

In 1955 he moved to San Juan and served as director of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts until 1975. Oliver worked extensively in murals depicting scenes from history, and also in landscape, both rural and urban. His painting is characterized by a vocabulary of lines

ANTONIO NAVIA

Biography Details. Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, draftsman, and creator of mixed-media and environmental installations. Navia studied art at the University of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico School of Visual Arts, and SUNY-Buffalo. He has taught at the Puerto Rico School of

Visual Arts.

CONNIE MARTÍN

Biography Details. Painter. Martín studied at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she received a BFA in 1972. Afterwards, she took courses at Academia Artium Peña and at Real Academia de San Fernando, both in Madrid. Subsequently, she pursued postgraduate studies at Universidad Central de Barcelona in Spain,

where

LUISINA ORDÓÑEZ

Ordóñez studied drawing under Spanish painter Alejandro Sánchez Felipe at the art school set up by the Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration in San Juan in 1934. In 1935, she was one of the first artists to receive a government scholarship for study abroad. Ordóñez studied painting, drawing, and sculpture at the Academia de

Bellas

HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San Carlos) in 1986. She taught in the Department of Fine Arts at the MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

MANUEL JORDAN

Biography Details. Painter and musician. He has been regarded as Francisco Oller’s most outstanding disciple, with whom he studied since 1868. He also excelled in the musical field as part of the Teatro de San Juan Orchestra, Choirmaster at the Cathedral and giving private piano and violin lessons. From his teacher Oller, he learned

to master

CARLOS OSORIO

He returned to New York, where he became a community leader, a promoter of Puerto Rican art, and an active member of the Amigos de Puerto Rico. He was co-founder and director of Taller Boricua, a community art education center, and took part in the foundation of El Museo del Barrio in 1969. In 1977, he moved to Austin, Texas, and

taught art at

JOSÉ OLIVER

In 1955 he moved to San Juan and served as director of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts until 1975. Oliver worked extensively in murals depicting scenes from history, and also in landscape, both rural and urban. His painting is characterized by a vocabulary of lines

ANTONIO NAVIA

Biography Details. Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, draftsman, and creator of mixed-media and environmental installations. Navia studied art at the University of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico School of Visual Arts, and SUNY-Buffalo. He has taught at the Puerto Rico School of

Visual Arts.

CONNIE MARTÍN

Biography Details. Painter. Martín studied at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she received a BFA in 1972. Afterwards, she took courses at Academia Artium Peña and at Real Academia de San Fernando, both in Madrid. Subsequently, she pursued postgraduate studies at Universidad Central de Barcelona in Spain,

where

LUISINA ORDÓÑEZ

Ordóñez studied drawing under Spanish painter Alejandro Sánchez Felipe at the art school set up by the Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration in San Juan in 1934. In 1935, she was one of the first artists to receive a government scholarship for study abroad. Ordóñez studied painting, drawing, and sculpture at the Academia de

Bellas

HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San Carlos) in 1986. She taught in the Department of Fine Arts at the CALENDAR | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Fashion Illustration-Basic Level (8-12 years) New Fashion Workshop! Click here for details. MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 CALENDAR | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Ceramic (5-7 years) New Workshop! Click here for details. Workshop Children and family More info. April 11, 2015 - May 24, 2015

AUGUSTO MARÍN

Biography Details. Painter, draftsman, print maker, muralist, sculptor, stained-glass artist, and teacher. At the age of twelve, Marín began studying drawing under Spaniard Alejandro Sánchez Felipe at Sánchez Felipe’s studio in San Juan. In 1949, Marín moved to New York and studied at the Art Students League.

CARLOS IRIZARRY

Painter, printmaker and designer, and digital media artist. In the late 1940’s Irizarry emigrated to New York and studied at the School of Art and Design in that city. Later he worked as a commercial painter and designer and joined the Amigos de Puerto Rico artists’ studio. In 1968 he returned to Puerto Rico, where he co-founded the

JOSÉ CAMPECHE

Artist Statement. “Campeche’s technique and coloring acknowledges the influence of the Rococo style, where a subtle coloration of grays, blues and pinkish predominates. José Campeche may be considered as one of the best painters of eighteenth-century Latin America. He died in 1809”. Osiris Delgado, 2007.

FRANCISCO OLLER

Oller initiated the long tradition in Puerto Rican art of depicting scenes of Puerto Rico. He captured the beauty of the landscape and its tropical fruits, and he often painted scenes illustrating some of the island’s social ills. He first studied in San Juan under painter Juan Cletos Noa and later continued at the Real Academia de San HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San

Carlos) in 1986.

RAQUEL QUIJANO

Quijano was co-founder in 2005 of = Desto and currently is Drawing and Painting Professor at the Liga de Estudiantes de Arte de San Juan (Art Students League in San Juan). Her works are in the collections of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico and at Princeton University, among others. JOSÉ TORRES MARTINÓ Painter, printmaker, graphic designer, teacher, radio broadcaster, arts theorist, and writer. Torres Martino studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1934, at the School of Art of the Brooklyn Museum in 1946, and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1948. On his return to the island, he and Félix Rodríguez Báez

founded Studio 17.

MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

MANUEL JORDAN

Biography Details. Painter and musician. He has been regarded as Francisco Oller’s most outstanding disciple, with whom he studied since 1868. He also excelled in the musical field as part of the Teatro de San Juan Orchestra, Choirmaster at the Cathedral and giving private piano and violin lessons. From his teacher Oller, he learned

to master

CARLOS OSORIO

He returned to New York, where he became a community leader, a promoter of Puerto Rican art, and an active member of the Amigos de Puerto Rico. He was co-founder and director of Taller Boricua, a community art education center, and took part in the foundation of El Museo del Barrio in 1969. In 1977, he moved to Austin, Texas, and

taught art at

JOSÉ OLIVER

In 1955 he moved to San Juan and served as director of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts until 1975. Oliver worked extensively in murals depicting scenes from history, and also in landscape, both rural and urban. His painting is characterized by a vocabulary of lines

ANTONIO NAVIA

Biography Details. Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, draftsman, and creator of mixed-media and environmental installations. Navia studied art at the University of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico School of Visual Arts, and SUNY-Buffalo. He has taught at the Puerto Rico School of

Visual Arts.

CONNIE MARTÍN

Biography Details. Painter. Martín studied at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she received a BFA in 1972. Afterwards, she took courses at Academia Artium Peña and at Real Academia de San Fernando, both in Madrid. Subsequently, she pursued postgraduate studies at Universidad Central de Barcelona in Spain,

where

LUISINA ORDÓÑEZ

Ordóñez studied drawing under Spanish painter Alejandro Sánchez Felipe at the art school set up by the Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration in San Juan in 1934. In 1935, she was one of the first artists to receive a government scholarship for study abroad. Ordóñez studied painting, drawing, and sculpture at the Academia de

Bellas

HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San Carlos) in 1986. She taught in the Department of Fine Arts at the MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

MANUEL JORDAN

Biography Details. Painter and musician. He has been regarded as Francisco Oller’s most outstanding disciple, with whom he studied since 1868. He also excelled in the musical field as part of the Teatro de San Juan Orchestra, Choirmaster at the Cathedral and giving private piano and violin lessons. From his teacher Oller, he learned

to master

CARLOS OSORIO

He returned to New York, where he became a community leader, a promoter of Puerto Rican art, and an active member of the Amigos de Puerto Rico. He was co-founder and director of Taller Boricua, a community art education center, and took part in the foundation of El Museo del Barrio in 1969. In 1977, he moved to Austin, Texas, and

taught art at

JOSÉ OLIVER

In 1955 he moved to San Juan and served as director of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts until 1975. Oliver worked extensively in murals depicting scenes from history, and also in landscape, both rural and urban. His painting is characterized by a vocabulary of lines

ANTONIO NAVIA

Biography Details. Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, draftsman, and creator of mixed-media and environmental installations. Navia studied art at the University of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico School of Visual Arts, and SUNY-Buffalo. He has taught at the Puerto Rico School of

Visual Arts.

CONNIE MARTÍN

Biography Details. Painter. Martín studied at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she received a BFA in 1972. Afterwards, she took courses at Academia Artium Peña and at Real Academia de San Fernando, both in Madrid. Subsequently, she pursued postgraduate studies at Universidad Central de Barcelona in Spain,

where

LUISINA ORDÓÑEZ

Ordóñez studied drawing under Spanish painter Alejandro Sánchez Felipe at the art school set up by the Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration in San Juan in 1934. In 1935, she was one of the first artists to receive a government scholarship for study abroad. Ordóñez studied painting, drawing, and sculpture at the Academia de

Bellas

HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San Carlos) in 1986. She taught in the Department of Fine Arts at the MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 CALENDAR | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Fashion Illustration-Basic Level (8-12 years) New Fashion Workshop! Click here for details.

LUIS ALONSO

Printmaker, graphic designer, and painter. Alonso studied at Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973. In 1971, he entered the Graphics Workshop of Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP), then under the direction of Lorenzo Homar.

CARLOS IRIZARRY

Painter, printmaker and designer, and digital media artist. In the late 1940’s Irizarry emigrated to New York and studied at the School of Art and Design in that city. Later he worked as a commercial painter and designer and joined the Amigos de Puerto Rico artists’ studio. In 1968 he returned to Puerto Rico, where he co-founded the

FRANCISCO OLLER

Oller initiated the long tradition in Puerto Rican art of depicting scenes of Puerto Rico. He captured the beauty of the landscape and its tropical fruits, and he often painted scenes illustrating some of the island’s social ills. He first studied in San Juan under painter Juan Cletos Noa and later continued at the Real Academia de San HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San

Carlos) in 1986.

JOSÉ TORRES MARTINÓ Painter, printmaker, graphic designer, teacher, radio broadcaster, arts theorist, and writer. Torres Martino studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1934, at the School of Art of the Brooklyn Museum in 1946, and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1948. On his return to the island, he and Félix Rodríguez Báez

founded Studio 17.

RAQUEL QUIJANO

Quijano was co-founder in 2005 of = Desto and currently is Drawing and Painting Professor at the Liga de Estudiantes de Arte de San Juan (Art Students League in San Juan). Her works are in the collections of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico and at Princeton University, among others.

MARTA MABEL PÉREZ

In 2002, she was given the prize for the best installation in contemporary media by the International Art Critics Association, Puerto Rico Chapter. She has taken part in national exhibitions and international biennials, such as the First Prints Biennial in Argentina and the Vila Nova Biennial in Cerveira, Portugal. JORGE ZENO | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Biography Details. Painter, draftsman, printmaker, and sculptor. Zeno came to live in Puerto Rico at the age of three. He earned his BFA from the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts in 1979. That same year, the Fourth San Juan Biennial of Latin American and Caribbean Prints awarded him a prize for his woodcut La profecía (The Prophecy). MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

MANUEL JORDAN

Biography Details. Painter and musician. He has been regarded as Francisco Oller’s most outstanding disciple, with whom he studied since 1868. He also excelled in the musical field as part of the Teatro de San Juan Orchestra, Choirmaster at the Cathedral and giving private piano and violin lessons. From his teacher Oller, he learned

to master

CARLOS OSORIO

He returned to New York, where he became a community leader, a promoter of Puerto Rican art, and an active member of the Amigos de Puerto Rico. He was co-founder and director of Taller Boricua, a community art education center, and took part in the foundation of El Museo del Barrio in 1969. In 1977, he moved to Austin, Texas, and

taught art at

JOSÉ OLIVER

In 1955 he moved to San Juan and served as director of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts until 1975. Oliver worked extensively in murals depicting scenes from history, and also in landscape, both rural and urban. His painting is characterized by a vocabulary of lines

ANTONIO NAVIA

Biography Details. Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, draftsman, and creator of mixed-media and environmental installations. Navia studied art at the University of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico School of Visual Arts, and SUNY-Buffalo. He has taught at the Puerto Rico School of

Visual Arts.

CONNIE MARTÍN

Biography Details. Painter. Martín studied at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she received a BFA in 1972. Afterwards, she took courses at Academia Artium Peña and at Real Academia de San Fernando, both in Madrid. Subsequently, she pursued postgraduate studies at Universidad Central de Barcelona in Spain,

where

LUISINA ORDÓÑEZ

Ordóñez studied drawing under Spanish painter Alejandro Sánchez Felipe at the art school set up by the Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration in San Juan in 1934. In 1935, she was one of the first artists to receive a government scholarship for study abroad. Ordóñez studied painting, drawing, and sculpture at the Academia de

Bellas

HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San Carlos) in 1986. She taught in the Department of Fine Arts at the MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

MANUEL JORDAN

Biography Details. Painter and musician. He has been regarded as Francisco Oller’s most outstanding disciple, with whom he studied since 1868. He also excelled in the musical field as part of the Teatro de San Juan Orchestra, Choirmaster at the Cathedral and giving private piano and violin lessons. From his teacher Oller, he learned

to master

CARLOS OSORIO

He returned to New York, where he became a community leader, a promoter of Puerto Rican art, and an active member of the Amigos de Puerto Rico. He was co-founder and director of Taller Boricua, a community art education center, and took part in the foundation of El Museo del Barrio in 1969. In 1977, he moved to Austin, Texas, and

taught art at

JOSÉ OLIVER

In 1955 he moved to San Juan and served as director of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts until 1975. Oliver worked extensively in murals depicting scenes from history, and also in landscape, both rural and urban. His painting is characterized by a vocabulary of lines

ANTONIO NAVIA

Biography Details. Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, draftsman, and creator of mixed-media and environmental installations. Navia studied art at the University of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico School of Visual Arts, and SUNY-Buffalo. He has taught at the Puerto Rico School of

Visual Arts.

CONNIE MARTÍN

Biography Details. Painter. Martín studied at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she received a BFA in 1972. Afterwards, she took courses at Academia Artium Peña and at Real Academia de San Fernando, both in Madrid. Subsequently, she pursued postgraduate studies at Universidad Central de Barcelona in Spain,

where

LUISINA ORDÓÑEZ

Ordóñez studied drawing under Spanish painter Alejandro Sánchez Felipe at the art school set up by the Puerto Rico Emergency Relief Administration in San Juan in 1934. In 1935, she was one of the first artists to receive a government scholarship for study abroad. Ordóñez studied painting, drawing, and sculpture at the Academia de

Bellas

HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San Carlos) in 1986. She taught in the Department of Fine Arts at the CALENDAR | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Fashion Illustration-Basic Level (8-12 years) New Fashion Workshop! Click here for details. CALENDAR | MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Ceramic (16+ years) Learn about the basics of working with pottery. Click here for details. MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

CARLOS IRIZARRY

Education. 1954-1958. Art and Design School, New York, United States Professional Experience. 1983. Professor. Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico

LUIS ALONSO

Printmaker, graphic designer, and painter. Alonso studied at Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973. In 1971, he entered the Graphics Workshop of Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP), then under the direction of Lorenzo Homar.

JOSÉ CAMPECHE

Solo Shows. 2010-2012. Campeche: mito y realidad, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico; 1988. José Campeche y su tiempo, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States

FRANCISCO OLLER

“Art these days differs from antiquity in numerous concepts and above all in its philosophic meaning. It seems that art among an agglomeration of people, somewhat ample, receives right away a social, political, and religious mission, thus contributing to the civilization of that society. HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San

Carlos) in 1986.

MARTA MABEL PÉREZ

Photographer, installation artist, museologist, curator. Pérez received the President’s Fellowship from the University of Puerto Rico to study art and architecture at the American University in

Washington, D.C.

JOSÉ TORRES MARTINÓ Painter, printmaker, graphic designer, teacher, radio broadcaster, arts theorist, and writer. Torres Martino studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1934, at the School of Art of the Brooklyn Museum in 1946, and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in

1948.

MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277 MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 299 Avenida de Diego Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909 787-977-6277

MANUEL JORDAN

Solo Shows. 1984. Homenaje a Manuel E. Jordán (1853-1919), Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Group Shows. 2001. Los tesoros de la pintura puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

JOSÉ OLIVER

Painter and chemist. Oliver began to study painting under María Cadilla in Arecibo. At the age of ten his family moved to Spain, where, in time, he completed a doctorate in chemistry at the University of Barcelona and attended the Escuela de Artes y Oficios in

that same city.

ANTONIO NAVIA

"Art is an experience: make the subconscious conscious. Although some believe it is to habit in the myth and enjoy its material benefits. Grand goals are not reached based on absurd traditionalist concepts, but from a real conceptual space heading to a dynamic time change.

CONNIE MARTÍN

Painter. Martín studied at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she received a BFA in 1972. Afterwards, she took courses at Academia Artium Peña and at Real Academia de San Fernando, both in Madrid.

CARLOS OSORIO

Painter and printmaker. Osorio was trained at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School (now School of Visual Arts) in New York in 1953. He returned to the island in 1956 and joined the Graphic Arts Workshop at DIVEDCO, where he worked until 1964.

LUISINA ORDÓÑEZ

Education. 1935-1936. Studied painting, drawing and sculpture. Real Academia de Bellas Artes San Fernando, Madrid, Spain; 1933-1934.

Studied drawing and

HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San

Carlos) in 1986.

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MANUEL JORDAN

Solo Shows. 1984. Homenaje a Manuel E. Jordán (1853-1919), Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Group Shows. 2001. Los tesoros de la pintura puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

LUISA GÉIGEL

Sculptor, painter, and teacher. Géigel was one of the first Puerto Rican artists to study in Europe and the United States. She first studied under Spanish painter José Mongrell at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, continuing her studies at the King-Smith Studio School in Washington, the Art Students League in New York under painter Robert Brackman, and the studio of Spanish sculptor

JOSÉ OLIVER

Painter and chemist. Oliver began to study painting under María Cadilla in Arecibo. At the age of ten his family moved to Spain, where, in time, he completed a doctorate in chemistry at the University of Barcelona and attended the Escuela de Artes y Oficios in

that same city.

ANTONIO NAVIA

"Art is an experience: make the subconscious conscious. Although some believe it is to habit in the myth and enjoy its material benefits. Grand goals are not reached based on absurd traditionalist concepts, but from a real conceptual space heading to a dynamic time change.

CONNIE MARTÍN

Painter. Martín studied at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she received a BFA in 1972. Afterwards, she took courses at Academia Artium Peña and at Real Academia de San Fernando, both in Madrid.

CARLOS OSORIO

Painter and printmaker. Osorio was trained at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School (now School of Visual Arts) in New York in 1953. He returned to the island in 1956 and joined the Graphic Arts Workshop at DIVEDCO, where he worked until 1964.

LUISINA ORDÓÑEZ

Education. 1935-1936. Studied painting, drawing and sculpture. Real Academia de Bellas Artes San Fernando, Madrid, Spain; 1933-1934.

Studied drawing and

HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San

Carlos) in 1986.

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CARLOS IRIZARRY

Education. 1954-1958. Art and Design School, New York, United States Professional Experience. 1983. Professor. Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico

LUIS ALONSO

Printmaker, graphic designer, and painter. Alonso studied at Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973. In 1971, he entered the Graphics Workshop of Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP), then under the direction of Lorenzo Homar.

JOSÉ CAMPECHE

Solo Shows. 2010-2012. Campeche: mito y realidad, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico; 1988. José Campeche y su tiempo, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States

FRANCISCO OLLER

“Art these days differs from antiquity in numerous concepts and above all in its philosophic meaning. It seems that art among an agglomeration of people, somewhat ample, receives right away a social, political, and religious mission, thus contributing to the civilization of that society. HAYDÉE LANDING GORDON Printmaker, draftswoman, and teacher. Landing received her BFA from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. She then moved to Mexico, where she lived and studied for almost ten years, earning her master’s degree from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Academia de San

Carlos) in 1986.

MARTA MABEL PÉREZ

Photographer, installation artist, museologist, curator. Pérez received the President’s Fellowship from the University of Puerto Rico to study art and architecture at the American University in

Washington, D.C.

JOSÉ TORRES MARTINÓ Painter, printmaker, graphic designer, teacher, radio broadcaster, arts theorist, and writer. Torres Martino studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1934, at the School of Art of the Brooklyn Museum in 1946, and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in

1948.

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