Vicente Dopico Lerner (born April 22, 1943, died October 15, 2020) was a Cuban
painter
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. Dopico Lerner also wrote on Latin American art and was the director of the
Cuban Museum of Art and Culture in Miami.
Education
Lerner received a B.A and a M.A. in fine arts from
St. Thomas University St. Thomas University or University of St. Thomas may refer to:
* Saint Thomas Aquinas University, Colombia
*Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North, Tucumán province, Argentina
*St. Thomas University (Canada), Fredericton, New Brunswick
*St. ...
in Miami and studied visual arts, watercolor, drawing, painting and design at the
Art Students League of New York
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in Manhattan.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
His artistic works had been exhibited in Galería Arawak in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1994. In 1995 in Viva Galería in New York City. In 1997 he had an exhibition in the
Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and in 2001 in Havana, Cuba he showed at the
Convento de San Francisco de Asís.
Collective exhibitions
He participated in an exhibition at the
Cuban Museum Art and Culture in Miami, Florida in 1977. He was also involved in an exhibition displayed in the
Society of Fine Arts in Tallahassee, Florida in 1987. In 1993, at the
Watercolor Art Council, New Orleans, Louisiana. Three years later, he showed his works in the
Instituto de Cultura Puertoriqueña in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Awards
Dopico received the
Cintas Foundation Fellowship, New York, in 1976 and three years later the Society of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida.
References
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* 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);
External links
Dopico-Lerner's webpageSouth Art Dealer webpage on the artistEd Chasen Fine Art Gallery webpage on the artist*
1945 births
2020 deaths
Artists from Havana
Cuban Jews
Cuban male painters
Cuban contemporary artists
Jewish painters
Cuban modern painters
Art Students League of New York alumni
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