Rafael Soriano (painter)

Rafael Soriano
Born November 23, 1920
Cidra, Matanzas Province, Cuba
Died April 9, 2015 (aged 94)
Miami, Florida, United States
Nationality Cuban

Rafael Soriano (November 23, 1920 – April 9, 2015) was a Cuban painter who lived in United States.

Biography

Soriano was born on November 23, 1920 in Cidra, Matanzas Province, Cuba.[1] He was studied at the San Alejandro Art Academy in Havana.[1] During his studies, he met the critic José Gómez Sicre and painters Víctor Manuel and Fidelio Ponce.[2] With them he had a close friendship. He has started painting in 1940s, and soon became one of the primary practitioners of concrete art in Cuba and Latin America.[3] In 1943, he became a professor.[2] In 1962, he left Cuba and he came to the United States with his wife, Milagros, and their daughter, Hortensia.[1][4] In November 2008, the Miami Dade College West Campus in Doral, Florida hosted an Soriano exhibit titled Between the Mystic and the Spiritual.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Cuban painter Rafael Soriano dies in Miami at 94". Miami Herald. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fallece en Miami el pintor Rafael Soriano, pionero del abstraccionismo en Cuba". Diario de Cuba. Retrieved 28 April 2015. (Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Inauguran amplia retrospectiva del pintor Rafael Soriano en Miami". Café Fuerte. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2015. (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Rafael Soriano: Other Worlds Within, A Sixty Year Retrospective