Roberto Juan Diago y Querol (1920 in
Havana,
Cuba – February 20, 1955 in
Madrid, Spain) was a Cuban artist specializing in photography,
engraving, painting and drawing.
He studied in the
Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro", Havana, Cuba and founded together with
Rafael Soriano,
Manuel Rodulfo Tardo,
José Felipe Nuñez
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and
Juan Esnard Heydrich
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He studied at the ...
the Provincial School of Fine Arts in Matanzas.
His grandson,
Juan Roberto Diago Durruthy
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(born 1971) is also a Cuban painter.
Individual exhibitions
He exhibited his works ''"Expone Diago: Dibujos y gouaches en el Lyceum"''. Lyceum, Havana, 1944. In 1953 he presented ''"Roberto Diago"''. Panamerican Union, Washington, D.C., US. In 1956 ''"Cuarenta Dibujos de Diago"''. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana. Cuba. In 1986 he presented also ''"Roberto Diago"''. Third Havana Biennial, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales, Havana. Cuba. And in 2001 exhibited his works in ''"El negro y el puro"''. Espacio Abierto, Havana, Cuba.
Collective exhibitions
He was included in many collective exhibitions, among them we can quote in 1941, ''Exposición de arte moderno y clásico (La pintura y la escultura contemporánea en Cuba)''. Palacio Municipal, Havana. Cuba. In 1944 he participated in ''Modern Cuban Painters''. The Museum of Modern Art, New York City. Three years later, in 1947 he was one of the selected artist for the exhibition ''Paintings and Drawings of Latin America''. Knoedler Galleries, New York. In 1952 he participated in the XXVI Biennale di Venezia. Venece, Italy. In 1974 some of his images were selected to conform the Selections from the Permanent Collection. Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Awards
Among his must relevant awards can be included the Mention of Honour. XXIV Salón de Bellas Artes. Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba, 1942.
Collections
Diago's works can be found in the permanent collections of:
* The
Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
*
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (La Plata) Museo de Bellas Artes (Museum of Fine Arts) may refer to:
National art museums
* Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires), Argentina
* Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Brazil
* Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Santiago de Chile), Chile
* Museo Na ...
, Argentina.
*
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana,
Havana, Cuba.
*
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America
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, Washington, D.C.
*
Kendall Art Center/The Rodriguez Collection, Miami, FL.
References
* Arte Cubano; (Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plasticas, Havana, Cuba 2001)
* Pintores Cubanos, Editors Vicente Baez, Virilio Pinera, Calvert Casey, and Anton Arrufat; (Ediciones Revolucion, Havana, Cuba 1962)
* Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art; Tumelo Mosaka, Annie Paul, & Nicollette Ramirez;(Philip Wilson Publishers 2008);
* Cuba Represent!: Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures; Sujatha Fernandes; (Duke University Press 2006);
External links
Video interview of Roberto Juan Diago Querol* http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/v-print/story/384919.html
* http://www.atenas.cult.cu/?q=escuelaprovincialdeartesplasticas
Ediciones Vanguardia Cubana. Libros de Pintura Cubana, Roberto Diago
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1920 births
1955 deaths
Cuban expatriates in Spain
Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro alumni