Roberto Jesús Álvarez Ríos (17 September 1932 – 16 December 2015) was a Cuban artist who specialised in painting and drawing.
Between 1951 and 1955, Alvarez studied at the
Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro"
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in Havana. In 1958, he studied drawing and painting in the
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
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in Paris, France.
Álvarez Ríos died in
Saint-Benoît, Réunion
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on 16 December 2015, at the age of 83.
Individual exhibitions
* 1962 - ''"Roberto Álvarez Ríos"'' Galería de Arte, Galiano y Concordia,
Havana
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, France.
* 2003 - Galerie du Vieux Chateau, Saint-Jean le Thomas, France
* 2004 - Galerie Hang Art, Paris, France
* 2005 - Centre Culturel "Le Triangle",
Huningue
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, France
Collective exhibitions
*1955 - ''" XXXVI Salón de Bellas Artes"'',
National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana
*1959 - ''"Ière. Biennale de París"'',
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
*1994 - ''"Petits Formats"'', Espace Altura, Paris, France.
References
* 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 Intl Arts 2004);
External links
Official site of Roberto Alvarez-RiosCuban Foreign Ministry Press Release
Professional Association of the Communist Party of MadridWorld Data Research Center article
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1932 births
2015 deaths
Cuban modern painters
Cuban contemporary artists