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Roberto DiagoUntitled (double sided), The ink work is from the 1940'sGouache on heavy paper15 x 11 in
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Roberto DiagoUntitled, ca. 1944Ink on paper15 x 22 in
38.1 x 55.88 cmView more details -
Roberto DiagoUntitled, 1952Gouache on heavy paper7 1/4 x 11 in
18.4 x 27.9 cmView more details -
Roberto DiagoUntitled, 1950Ink on heavy paper11 x 14 inSold
27.94 x 35.56 cmView more details -
Roberto DiagoUntitled, 1944Ink on heavy paper15 x 11 in
38.1 x 27.94 cmView more details -
Roberto DiagoUntitled, 1942Gouach on heavy paper7 1/4 x 11 in
18.4 x 27.9 cmView more details -
Roberto DiagoUntitled, 1942Gouache on heavy paper7 1/4 x 11 in
18.4 x 27.9 cmView more details -
Roberto DiagoUntitled, 1942Gouache on heavy paper7 1/4 x 11 in
18.4 x 27.9 cmView more details
1920-1955
Born Havana, Cuba
Died Madrid, Spain
EDUCATION
1937`Estudio Libre de Escultura y Pintura, La Habana, Cuba.
1936-1941`Academia de San Alejandro, La Habana, Cuba.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1956 Cuarenta Dibujos de Diago. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba.
1953 Roberto Diago. Panamerican Union, Washington DC
1947 Roberto Diago. Centre d’Art, Puerto Principe, Haiti.
1944 Expone Diago: Dibujos y gouaches en el Lyceum. Lyceum, La Habana, Cuba.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1995 Collective exhibition. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1992 Lam and his contemporaries: 1938-1952. Studio Museum, Harlem, New York.
1984 Dibujos cubanos. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1977 50 Años de la revista de Avance. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Los dioses como los vemos. Museo de Ciencias, Caracas, Venezuela
1974 Museum of Modern Art of Latin America. Selections from the Permanent Collection. Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
1963-1913-1963 Cincuentenario del Museo Nacional. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1956 Gulf-Caribbean Art Exhibition. Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, Houston, Texas; The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Texas; The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts; The Munson Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York; The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; The Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado,
1955 Sala Permanente de Artes Plásticas de Cuba. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
1953 Art Fair. Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1952 XXVI Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy.
7 Cuban Painters. Pan American Union, Washington, D.C. Boston Contemporary Art Institute, Boston, Massachusetts. J.B. Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, Kentucky . White Gallery, Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
1951Art Cubain Contemporain. Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
LateinamerikanischeKunst der Gegenwart. Stuttgart; Munich; Nuremberg; Mannheim; Heidelberg.
19497 Kubanska Malare. Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
International Watercolors Exhibition. Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
Latin American Drawings. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington, D.C.
1944 Modern Cuban Painters. The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana, Cuba.
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington DC
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Argentina.
ROBERTO DIAGO
1920-1955
Born Havana, Cuba
Died Madrid, Spain
Roberto Diago Querol was born in Havana in 1920.
In 1937 he attended the Estudio Libre de Escultura y Pintura; and between 1936 and1941 the Academia de San Alejandro; both in Havana, Cuba. He deeply explored the African component of his identity by studying and representing deities from the Afro Cuban pantheon. He also did designs for theatre.
Diago’s was a very short career since he died in 1955. Despite his untimed death, he left behind an important body of work which showed his maturity as an artist.