Leopoldo Romañach y Guillen (1862–1951) was a Cuban painter and educator. He was born in

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, in the province of

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, Spanish Empire (now Cuba). Romañach was a professor of color theory at

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, and won a number of awards. The Republic of Cuba granted him in 1950 the Great Cross of the National Order of Merit of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes.

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, Jesus Castellanos, and

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were among his students. The school, "Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas Leopoldo Romañach” in Santa Clara, Las Villas, Cuba was named after him.

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