Hugo Consuegra

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Hugo Consuegra (born Hugo Consuegra Consuegra Sosa October 26, 1929 in Havana, Cuba - 2003 in New York City, New York) was a Cuban-American architect and artist specializing in graphic design, painting, and engraving.

He received music lessons in piano at the Conservatorio Hubert de Blanck in Havana, between 1941-1947. Consuegra also studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “San Alejandro”in Havana from 1943-1947 and in 1955 graduated from the University of Havana in Architecture. He was member of the astistic group Los Once; and from 1970 until his death in 2003 resided in New York City.

Consuegra has had personal exhibitions such as: "Exposición Hugo Consuegra. Oleos, Acuarelas, Dibujos" in 1953 at the "Lyceum" in Havana; in 1971 "Hugo Consuegra. “Curriculum Vitae”" at "Cisneros Gallery", New York City;in 1993 "An Exhibition of Contemporary Cuban Art by Hugo Consuegra" at the The Cantor Seinuk Group in New York City and in 1993 "Hugo Consuegra, Guido Llinás, Tomás Oliva, a Reunion" at the Jadite Galleries, New York City.

He has formed part of many collective exhibitions such as the "Salón Anual de Pintura y Escultura" in 1946 and 1947 at the National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana; in 1962 "3éme Biennale de Paris" at Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France; in 1969 "Maestros Hispánicos de Hoy" in the Museo de Bellas Artes de Cadiz, Spain; in 1987 "Abstract Visions", in Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art in New York City; and in 1997 "Pinturas del Silencio" at the Galería La Acacia in Havana.

Consuegra has obtained many awards and recognitions such as the Gold Medal of Landscape in the "XX Salón de Bellas Artes"(1948) at the National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana; in 1960 Honorable Mention in "Segunda Bienal Interamericana de México" at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico and "Cintas Foundation Fellowship", New York.

His work can be found in the permanent collections of Casa de las Américas in Havana; the Oscar B. Cintas Foundation in New York City; the Jersey City Museum of Art in New Jersey; the National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana; the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America in Washington, D.C.; the Pan American Union in Washington, D.C.; and the Printmaking Workshop in New York City.

References

* Hugo Consuegra edited by Lissette Martinez Herryman & Gustavo Valdes; Ediciones Universal, Miami, Florida, 2006 es icon
* Cuba Encuetros magazine, "Profetas Por Conocer" by Ileana Fuentes, Fall of 2005 es icon
* El Nuevo Herald , "La Trayectoria de Hugo Consuegra" by William Navarrete; May 24, 2007 es icon
* Hugo Consuegra; Curriculum Vitae: April 3-24, 1971; (Cisneros Gallery 1971); ASIN B0006WI342
* Eduardo Luis Rodriguez; The Havana Guide: Modern Architecture 1925-1965; (Princeton Architectural Press 2000); ISBN 9781568982106
* John A. Loomis; Revolution of Forms: Cuba's Forgotten Art Schools; (Princeton Architectural Press, 1998); ISBN 978-1568981574
* 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 9780917571114
* Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004); ISBN 9780917571121 es icon
* Marta Traba; Art of Latin America, 1900-1980 (Inter-American Development Bank 1994): ISBN 978-0940602717

External links

* [http://cubalpairo.blogspot.com/2007/10/hugo-consuegra.html Cuba al Pairo website article on the artist] es icon