Joaquín Blez Marcé

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Joaquín Blez Marcé
Born December 5, 1886
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Died April 7, 1974
Havana, Cuba

Joaquín Blez Marcé (December 5, 1886 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba - April 7, 1974 in Havana, Cuba) was one of Cuba's premier photographers.

Blez between the years 1904 and 1907, studied in A. Desquirón’s photography workshop in Santiago de Cuba. In 1922, at the Escuela Laboratorio de Fotografía. He also with Rodolfo Namias in Milan, Italy and in the later 1920’s he also took lessons at the Internationale Lichbild Ausstellung in Berlin, Germany. In 1937 and 1938 he studied photographic technique and illumination in Hollywood, California.

In 1939, he presented his first personal exhibition '"Fotografías de Joaquín Blez" as a section of the show Exposition of Photografic Art, Palacio Municipal in Havana. During 1987, at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana his work was exhibited as Crónica de un Estudio. Fotografías de Joaquín Blez.

Blez participated in many collective exhibitions such as the first Salón Nacional de Fotografía by the Asociación de Pintores y Escultores in Havana. In 1934 at the International Exposition on Photography held in Berlin, Germany. In 1947 he was invited to the Pictorial Photographers of América at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. In 1983, La Fotografía en Cuba. Exposición Retrospectiva at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana. In 1987, he also paticipated in Sicof’87. Sezione Culturale at the Palazzo Cisi in Milán, Italy and four years later in Havana "(1841-1991). El tiempo y su imagen" at Fototeca de Cuba. In 1998, his work was also involved in Cuba: 100 años de fotografía exhibition at the Casa de América in Madrid, Spain.

In 1923 he was awarded with the golden medal at the “Gran Certamen Popular Cubano Industrial y Mercantil” by newspaper El Mundo in Havana.

His works can be found in permanent collections of Fototeca de Cuba and at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana Cuba.

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[edit] Individuals Exhibitions

  • 1942 - "Cundo Bermúdez. Gouaches y Acuarelas", Lyceum, Havana, Cuba.
  • 1946 - Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico
  • 1946 - Palacio de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • 1957 - "Exposición de Cundo Bermúdez", Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Perú.
  • 1974 - "Cundo Bermúdez Painting/Alfredo Lozano Sculptures", Bacardí Art Gallery, Miami, Florida.
  • 1979 - Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington D.C..

[edit] Collectives Exhibitions

He was part of many collectives exhibitions such as:

[edit] Awards

He has been awarded and honored with:

[edit] Collections

Bermúdez' work is in the permanent collectiones of:

[edit] References

  • Eduardo Luis Rodriguez; The Havana Guide: Modern Architecture 1925-1965; (Princeton Architectural Press 2000); ISBN-13: 978-1568982106
  • Vicente Baez, Virilio Pinera, Calvert Casey, and Anton Arrufat, Editors; Pintores Cubanos, Editors ; Ediciones Revolucion, Havana, Cuba 1962 (Spanish)
  • 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 (Spanish)
  • El Habanero magazine, Recuento para una Historia de la Fotografía Cubana; May 29, 2007
  • Mujeres magazine PARA ETERNIZAR EL TIEMPO; November 18, 2004
  • San Antonio Express-News, Travel Notes; April 6, 2003
  • Dallas Morning News, Cuban photographs; March 28, 2003


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