Armando de Armas Romero

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name = Armando de Armas Romero

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birth_date = November 27, 1914
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Armando de Armas Romero (November 27, 1914 in Havana, Cuba – May 25, 1981 in Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban painter.

De Armas studied between 1957–1959 at the "Escuela de Artes y Oficios" in Havana, Cuba; but is considered a self-taught artist. Between 1930 and 1950 he worked as postal employee, construction worker and trader in Havana, Cuba. He was also a scenographer with Manolo Roig of the Teatro Martí, Havana, Cuba between 1957 to 1959.

Individual exhibitions

* 1975 - "Exposición de Paisajes de Armando de Armas" at the Galería de La Rampa, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba
* 1978 - "Paisajes Cubanos del Pintor Armando de Armas", at the "Casa de la Cultura de Plaza", Havana, Cuba.

Collective exhibitions

* 1972 - "III Trienal de Arte Insito (Naif)" at the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
*1972–1973 - "8 Primitive Painters", Copenhagen, Denmark; Belgrade, Yugoslavia; Prague, Czechoslovakia; Warsaw, Poland; Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia; Szépmúvészeti Museum, Budapest, Hungary; Bucharest, Rumania and Sofia, Bulgaria).
* 1976 - “Eleven Cuban Primitive Artist”; Expo de Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
* 1978 - "11 Pintores Ingenuos de Cuba" at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, México
* 1982 - "Artistas Populares de Cuba" in Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana

Collections

His works can be found in the permanent collection of:
* Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Cuba.

References

* Sujatha Fernandes; "Cuba Represent!: Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures"(Duke University Press, 2006)
* 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); ISBN 978-0917571114
* Jose Viegas; "Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx"; (California International Arts 2004); ISBN 978-0917571121 es icon

External links

* [http://www.eichikawa.com/historia/XXVII.html Emilio Ichikoa webpage on artist]