José Antonio Cedeño (born José Antonio Cedeño y Labout on June 16, 1939, in Bayamo, Oriente,
Cuba
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) is a self-taught Cuban artist specializing in sculpture, drawing and painting.
During the 1950s, Cedeño was a professional in
Aeronautical engineering
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and automotive mechanics in Havana. Since 1990, he has been a member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba ( UNEAC).
His first individual exhibition, ''José Cedeño. Antillana de Acero'', opened in 1971 in
Havana
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Bratislava
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,
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Czechoslovakia
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at the time), in 1969; the ''11 Pintores Ingenuos de Cuba'', at the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, in
Mexico City
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in 1976; the ''Artistas Populares de Cuba'', at the
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
The National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana) in Havana, Cuba is a museum of fine arts that exhibits Cuban art collections from the colonial times up to contemporary generations.
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It was founded o ...
in 1981; and the ''Inventario de Cosas Naturales. Pintores, Dibujantes y Escultores populares de Cuba'', at the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, in Havana in 1990.
The principal collection of his work is at the
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
The National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana) in Havana, Cuba is a museum of fine arts that exhibits Cuban art collections from the colonial times up to contemporary generations.
History
It was founded o ...