Manuel Vidal Fernández (born June 24, 1929,
Havana, Cuba
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. ) is a Cuban artist. He engages in painting, drawing, engraving, and graphic design.
In 1959 he obtained a scholarship for painting studies in
France. From 1960 to 1961 he was at the Real Círculo Artístico de
Barcelona, Spain
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. He was married to fellow prominent Cuban painter
Hilda Vidal.
Individual exhibitions
In 1962 he presented his works in a show titled ''Exposición de Manolo Vidal de un Puñado de Dibujos, algún Gouache y alguna Tinta, in the Lyceum, Havana. In 1964 he exhibited ''Exposición Dibujos de Manuel Vidal'' in the Biblioteca Nacional "
José Martí," Havana. In 1995 he exhibited ''Diálogos, Dilemas, Deseos y Discursos. Dibujos de Manuel e Hilda Vidal'' in the Galería de Arte Domingo Ravenet, Havana. In 1996 he presented ''La Interpretación de los Sueños'' in the Espacio Abierto Gallery, Revista Revolución y Cultura, Havana.
Collective exhibitions
In 1952 Fernández was an artist selected for the show ''28 Dibujos y Gouaches de... Antonia Eiriz, Manuel Vidal,
Fayad Jamís
Fayad Jamís (1930–1988) was a Cuban poet, painter, designer, journalist and translator. He was born in Zacatecas, Mexico to a Lebanese-Cuban father and a Mexican mother. Moving to Cuba at the age of six, Jamis trained at the San Alexandro Acade ...
, Guido Llinás, Antonio Vidal'' at the Confederación de Trabajadores de Cuba, Havana. In 1959 he was part of the Salón Annual 1959, Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana. In 1963 some of his works were selected for the Salón Nacional de Grabado 1963 at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana. In 1966 he was one of the selected artists for ''Homenaje al "26 de Julio"'' at the Galería Latinoamericana,
Casa de las Américas, Havana. In 1991 he was included in ''Olor a Tinta'' at the Galería Habana, Havana.
References
* Vicente Baez, Virilio Pinera, Calvert Casey, and Anton Arrufat, Editors. Pintores Cubanos. Ediciones Revolucion, Havana, Cuba 1962.
* Jose Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca. Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century. California/International Arts Foundation, 2001.
* Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004);
Cuban contemporary artists
Living people
1929 births
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