Introducing Contemporary Artists from Cuba
Cuban art is an assorted ethnic merging of American, African and European visual design mirroring the multiethnic demographic of Cuba. Cuban artisans embraced the European modernist movement and the 1920-1950 era saw an increase in Cuban modernist trends; these trends were characterized by a variety of modern aesthetic genres. Well-known Cuban creatives were likely to come from the earlier 1900s.
Possibly the most notable artwork to hail from Cuba was THAT picture of Che Guevara (shot by Mr Alberto Korda) which ended up being arguably one of the most identifiable images of the past century.
The indigenous Cuban art movement amassed some pace following the opening of San Alejandro academy in 1818, which was designed to live up to the European predilection of the middle class population of Cuba. In the late 1800s, landscapes dominated Cuban art and classicalism was still the genre of choice.
However, the pioneering Cuban modern artist of the late 1920s had scorned the theoretical norms of Cuba’s national art academy. During their genesis, many artists had resided in France, where they learned and ingested the rules of cubism, surrealism and modernist primitivism. Once back in Cuba, they became dedicated to innovative aesthetic styles and were eager to integrate this new aesthetic leaning with a Cuban influence. The vanguardia Cuban artists accomplished global acknowledgement in 2003 when the Museum of Modern Art exhibited the the Modern Cuban Painting show.
