Rosa Rionda de la Cruz was a Cuban-American businesswoman. A specialist in art and design, she was best known as a major collector of contemporary art.
Biography
Rosa de la Cruz started her art collection in the 1960s, along with her husband, Cuban-American businessman Carlos de la Cruz. Married since 1962, the couple has assembled one of
Miami's finest collections of contemporary art, particularly postwar German paintings. Most of her works have been exhibited in the private
De la Cruz Collection
The de la Cruz Collection is an art museum at 23 NE 41st Street, Miami, Florida, owned by the Cuban-born American businessman Carlos de la Cruz and his wife Rosa. It houses their art collection and is open to the public free of charge.
The de la C ...
museum since 2009, 10,000m² dedicated to contemporary art in Miami in a building designed by John Marquette. Rosa and Carlos have five children and live in
Key Biscayne, Florida.
Collection
The first work of hers that de la Cruz acquired was "Star Gazer" (1956), by the Mexican artist
Rufino Tamayo. The collection includes work by
Dan Colen,
Kathryn Andrews
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In television and film:
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,
Ana Mendieta,
Jim Hodges,
Martin Kippenberger,
Isa Genzken,
Christopher Wool
Christopher Wool (born 1955) is an American artist. Since the 1980s, Wool's art has incorporated issues surrounding post-conceptual ideas. He lives and works in New York City and Marfa, Texas, together with his wife and fellow painter Charline v ...
,
Félix González-Torres,
Mark Bradford,
Peter Doig,
,
Christian Holstad
Christian Holstad (born 1972) is an American contemporary artist based in Brooklyn, New York City. He received his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1994.
Work
Holstad has shown work internationally in exhibitions including ''Greater New Y ...
and
Sterling Ruby
Sterling Ruby (born January 21, 1972) is an American artist who works in a large variety of media including ceramics, painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, video, and textiles. Often, his work is presented in large and densely packed installatio ...
. Other important artists are
Wifredo Lam and
Salvador Dalí, whose portrait of Carlos de la Cruz's mother, Dolores Suero Falla, belongs to the collection.
In 2016, ArtNews included Rosa de la Cruz among the "Top 200 Collectors".
Death
Rosa de la Cruz died peacefully at the age of 81 in her home on
Key Biscayne, Florida on February 25, 2024, following a long battle with an undisclosed autoimmune disorder.
References
External links
de la Cruz Collection
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1944 births
Living people
American art collectors
American women in business
Cuban emigrants to the United States
21st-century American women