Miguel Arias Bardou (1841–1915) was a Spanish born

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n painter. He is best remembered for colorful landscapes such as ''Pueblo Campesino'' (1891) and ''Bohío y Palma con Riachuelo'' (1908) which mainly depicted harmonious rural themes. Bardou was born in Astorga, León,

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in 1841. He moved to Cuba where he worked as a painter and scenographer in Cuban theatres. In 1885 he made a notable display at the La Caridad Theater in

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. He was later employed as a scenographer in the

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. In 1966, 1971 and 1980 his paintings were exhibited of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana. The

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is today in possession of one of his earlier paintings, ''Paisaje Cubano'' (Cuban Landscape), painted in 1875. File:Miguel Arias Bardou1.jpg, File:Miguel Arias Bardou2.jpg, File:Miguel Arias Bardou3.jpg,

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