Samuel Feijóo

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Samuel Feijóo (November 27, 1914 in Las Villas, Cuba - July 14, 1992 in Villa Clara, Cuba) was a Cuban writer and artist specializing in painting and illustration.

Feijóo is considered a self-taught artist. He was a promoter of the popular artists movement in Las Villas, Cuba in 1960 and after 1969 he was vice-president of the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) in Las Villas, Cuba. Feijóo was also the Director of Publications and Editor at the Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba and was founder and director at Magazine Signos at the Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba in 1971.

Feijóo exhibited his works in 1961 Samuel Feijóo: Dibujos, Acuarelas y Aguafuertes at Biblioteca Nacional José Martí in Havana, Cuba; in 1974 Feijóo/Cuba at the Silkeborg Kunst Museum in Silkeborg, Denmark; and in 1978 Samuel Feijóo. Kokoriokos Kakafuakos at Casa de la Cultura de Plaza in Havana, Cuba.

Feijóo also presented his paintings in 1977 at the 50 Años de la Revista de Avance at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana; in 1984 at the 1a. Bienal de La Habana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana; in 1986 Künstler aus Kuba at Galerie Junge Künstler, Berlin, Germany and in 1991 Maestros de la Pintura Cubana at Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas y Diseño in Havana, Cuba.

During Feijóo's life he has obtained awards and recognitions like: "Premio de Cuento Luis Felipe Rodríguez.” by the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC)in Havana, Cuba and in 1975 was awarded the Medal Alejo Carpentier by Cuban government.

His work can be found in the permanent collection of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana.

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