ROBERTO ESTOPIÑAN

1921- 2015

Born Havana, Cuba

Currently lives and works in Miami, Florida 

 

EDUCATION

19351941 

Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro,  Havana, Cuba

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011

Roberto Estopiñán. Homage to a Great Master on his 90th Anniversary. Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida

 

1996

Roberto Estopiñán. 5 Decades of Prints. Jersey City Museum, New Jersey

 

1993

Roberto Estopiñán. Sculptures, Drawings, Graphic Work. Círculo de Cultura Panamericano, New Jersey

 

1992

3 HispanicAmerican Masters. Darío Suro, Roberto Estopiñán, Juan Sánchez. The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey. The Noyes Museum.

Roberto Estopiñán. Bronze Sculpture. Vorpal Gallery, Soho, New York

 

1983

Estopiñán. Sculpture and Related Drawings. SchweyerGaldo Galleries, Birmingham, Michigan

Exhibition of Recent Works by Roberto Estopiñán, Lia Galleti, Víctor Gómez. Kimberly Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

 

1982

SchweyerGaldo Galleries, Morristown, New Jersey

 

1981

Palazzo del Turismo, Montecatini, Italy

 

1980

Roberto Estopiñán. Bergen Community College, New York

 

1974

Roberto Estopiñán. Brickell Gallery, Miami, Florida

 

1970

Janus Gallery, Miami, Florida

 

1968

Mc Donogh Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

 

1965

Hammond Gallery, Burlington, North Carolina

 

1959

16 Monotypes. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba

 

1955

Lyceum, Havana, Cuba

 

1950

Diago y Estopiñán. Lyceum, Havana, Cuba

 

1949

Esculturas de Estopiñán. Lyceum, Havana, Cuba

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1996

Paper Visions VI: A Biennial Exhibition of Works on Paper by Twenty Four Contemporary Latin American Artists. The Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, Connecticut

9 Cuban American Artists. Kingsborough Community College Art Gallery, City University of New York, New York

 

1995

Art-Exhibit and Silent Auction of Works by Contemporary Artists to Benefit FAITH Services. Jadite Galleries, New York

To Collect, Conserve, Exhibit and Interpret the Visual Arts Produced by Artists of Cuban Heritage. The New Collection. Museo Cubano de Arte y Cultura, Miami, Florida

 

1993

Exposición arte cubano. Pasado y presente obra importante. Gary Nader Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida

 

1988

Twentieth Century Cuban Art from the Collection of Ramón Cernuda and Nercys Ganem. Interamerican Center, Mitchell Wolfson Center Campus, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida

 

1987

Recent Developments in Latin American Drawing. The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Latin American Treasures from Miami’s Private Collections. Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida,

 

1983

Latin American Selections. Bacardí Art Gallery, Miami, Florida

 

1982

Art Expo. New York Coliseum, New York

Schweyer-Galdo Galleries at Dallas. Weist-Barron Studios, Dallas, Texas

 

1981

Museum of Modern Art of Latin America. Recent Acquisitions. Museum of Modern Art of Latin American, Washington, D.C.

IV Bienal de Arte de Medellín. Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellin, Colombia

Contemporary Latin American Art. SchweyerGaldo Galleries, Birmingham, Michigan

Director’s Choice. SchweyerGaldo Galleries, Morristown, New Jersey

 

1980

II Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte Domecq. Museo de Arte Alvar y Carmen T. de Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico

 

1978

Reencuentro Cubano 1978. Esculturas. Royal Trust Tower, Miami, Florida

Contemporary Latin American Art: The Esso Collection of The Lowe Art Museum and Latin American of the Southeastern United States. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

Hispanic-American Artists of the United States: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Uruguay. Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, D.C.

Opening Exhibition. Meeting Point Art Center, Coral Gables, Florida

 

1977

Reencuentro cubano 1977. Museo Cubano de Arte y Cultura, Miami, Florida

Los dioses como los vemos. Museo de Ciencias, Caracas, Venezuela

 

1975

Manufacturers’ Trust Exhibition. Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon

 

1974

Museum of Modern Art of Latin America. Selections from the Permanent Collection. Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, D.C.

 

1972

Pan American Prints and Drawings. Ridgeway Gallery, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

 

1971

Cleveland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

 

1970

31 St. Annual Exhibition. American Color Print Society, Trenton, New Jersey

 

1969

Pratt Institute, New York

 

1967

Art of the Americas. Parke Bernet Galleries, New York

Philadelphia Museum of Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

1966

Art and Poetry. AFA Gallery, Miami, Florida

 

1965

A Panoramic of Cuban Art Abroad. Panamerican Union, Washington, D.C

 

1964

Imán: New York. Art Institute, Tampa, Florida/Darmouth University, New York/University of Texas, Houston, Texas. Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico; Bonino Gallery, New York

 

1963

Brandeis University Museum, Waltham, Maryland

 

1961

Panamerican Union, Washington, D.C.

 

1960

Beard, Estopiñán, Orlando, Robertson and Watts. Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C.

 

1959

Exposición 5 escultores. Galería Nuestro Tiempo, Havana, Cuba

Salón Anual 1959. Pintura, escultura y grabado. 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 Proetor Institute, Utica, New York/The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania/The Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado

VIII Salón Nacional de Pintura y Escultura. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba

 

1955

Sala Permanente de Artes Plásticas de Cuba. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba

III Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de Sâo Paulo. Parque Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

1953

VI Salón Nacional de Pintura y Escultura. Salones del Capitolio Nacional, Havana, Cuba

Pintura, Escultura, Cerámica. Retiro Odontológico, Havana, Cuba

II Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de Sâo Paulo. Parque Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

1951

Art Cubain Contemporain. Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France

Exposición de Dibujos. Galería de Artes Plásticas. Nuestro Tiempo, Havana, Cuba

V Salón Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado. Centro Asturiano de Havana, Havana, Cuba

 

1950

 IV Exposición Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado. Centro Asturiano, Havana, Cuba

 

1949

Pintura. Escultura. APE. Lyceum, Havana, Cuba

 

1947

Esculturas, pinturas y dibujos de 14 expositores menores de 30 años. Prado y San José, Havana, Cuba

 

1946

III Exposición Nacional de Pintura y Escultura. Salón de los Pasos Perdidos, Capitolio Nacional, Havana, Cuba

 

1944

Presencia de 6 escultores. Lyceum, Havana, Cuba

 

1943

Una exposición de pintura y escultura modernas cubanas. Institución HispanoCubana de Cultura, Havana, Cuba

 

SELECTED AWARDS

1956

First Prize. VIII Salón Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.

 

1955

First Prize. Concurso del Colegio Provincial de Arquitectos, Havana, Cuba

 

1953

First Prize. VI Salón Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Salones del Capitolio Nacional, Havana, Cuba

 

1951

Second Prize. V Salón Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, Centro Asturiano, Havana, Cuba

 

1950

Third Prize. IV Exposición Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, Centro Asturiano, Havana, Cuba

 

1946

Second Prize. III Exposición Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Salón de los Pasos Perdidos, Capitolio Nacional, Havana, Cuba

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Academia de Arte, Montecatini, ITALY.

Allen R. Hite Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.

Art Museum, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.

Brandeis University Museum, Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, U.S.A.

Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

The Esso Collection. Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.

Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.

Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, MEXICO.

Lansing-Reilly Collection, University of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

Maggio Miro Collection, Montecatini, ITALY.

Mead Art Museum, Amheist College, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Morris Museum of Art, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Museo del Instituto de Cultura Hispánica, Madrid, SPAIN.

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.

Museo Nacional de Santo Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

Museo de la Universidad de Caracas, Caracas, VENEZUELA.

Museo de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, PUERTO RICO.

Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.

Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Museum of Modern Art, Florida, U.S.A.

Museum of Modern Art, New York, U.S.A.

Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Pan American Union, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Tate Gallery, London, U.K.

 

WORKS IN PUBLIC PLACES

1959

Naturaleza Alerta. Bronze, 2.50 x 1 m; gardens of the National Theater, Havana, Cuba

 

1958

Escultura en bronce.Vestibule of Hotel Habana Hilton, Havana, Cuba

 

1957

Estatua del Padre de Las Casas. Motel Las Cuevas, Trinidad, Cuba

 

1956

Maternidad. Central Park of Santa Clara, Las Villas, Cuba

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

1996 

Anreus, Alejandro. “Roberto Estopiñán and the Theme of the Political Prisoner.” Ars Magazine, New York, Number 3, [illus.], pp.23-24, U.S.A., March-April, 1996.

_________. “Roberto Estopiñán, Printmaker.” cat. Roberto Estopiñán. 5 Decades of Prints/5 décadas de grabados. Jersey City Museum, New Jersey [illus.] [Spanish and English texts], pp.9-19, U.S.A., April 10-May 25, 1996.

Fernandez, Neyda. “Interview with the artist.” cat. Roberto Estopiñán. 5 Decades of Prints/5 décadas de Grabados. Jersey City Museum, New Jersey [illus.] [Spanish and English texts], pp.21-24, U.S.A., April 10-May 25, 1996.

Franqui, Carlos. “Roberto Estopiñán and Cuban Sculpture.” Ars Magazine, New York, No.3 [illus.], pp.17-20, U.S.A., March-April, 1996.

Galliano, Alina. “Dialogue of the Line with Roberto Estopiñán.” Ars Magazine, New York, Number 3 [illus.], pp.21-22, U.S.A., March-April, 1996.

Valdes, Zoe. “Roberto Estopiñán: As a Danzón.” Ars Magazine, New York, No. 3 [illus.], pp.23-24, U.S.A., March-April, 1996.

 

1995

Valdes, Zoe. “Roberto Estopiñán. Como un danzón.” Noticias de Arte, New York, Vol. XXI, [illus.], p.9, U.S.A., June, 1995.

 

1993

Anreus, Alejandro. “Roberto Estopiñán.” cat. 3 Hispanic-American Masters. Darío Suro, Roberto Estopiñán, Juan Sánchez. The Monclair Art Museum, New Jersey [illus.], pp.26-32, U.S.A., October 11, 1992-January 10, 1993.

Valdes Jr., Gustavo.cat. Roberto Estopiñán. Sculptures, Drawings and Graphic Works, Círculo de Cultura Panamericano, New Jersey, U.S.A., November 12-19, 1993.

 

1992

Bas de Tamay, Xenia. “Roberto Estopiñán: El escultor que insiste en buscar la forma más pura.” Réplica, Miami, Florida, Year XXI, No.901, pp.2225, U.S.A., 19921993.

Valdes Jr., Gustavo. “El color de la palabra. 32 Artistas cubanos.” Stet, Edición Especial, New York, Vol.I, No.2 [illus.], p.11, U.S.A., 1992.

 

1988

Gomez Sicre, José. Art of Cuba in Exile. Editora Munder, Miami, Florida [illus.], pp.3238, U.S.A., 1988.

 

1983

Abbatt, Corinne. “Estopiñan’s Art Reaches a Pinacle of Purity.” The Eccentric, Birmingham, Michigan [reproduced in Estopiñán at Schweyer-Galdo Galleries, Schweyer-Galdo Editions, Birmingham, Michigan, [illus.], unpaginated, U.S.A., Spring, 1983].

Florez, Armando J. “La muestra de Estopiñán en Michigan.” El Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, [illus.], pp.9-10, U.S.A., April 28, 1983.

Franqui, Carlos. “The European Presence of Roberto Estopiñán.” cat. Estopiñán. Sculpture and Related Drawings, SchweyerGaldo Editions, Birmigham, Michigan, [illus.], pp.19-22, U.S.A., 1983.

_________. “El vuelo europeo de Estopiñán.” Noticias de Arte, New York, U.S.A., April, 1983.

1983

Fulle, Tomás. “Verdad y poesía en las esculturas de Roberto Estopiñán.” Réplica, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. [reproduced in Estopiñán at Schweyer-Galdo Galleries, Schweyer-Galdo Editions, Birmingham, Michigan, [illus.], unpaginated, U.S.A., Spring, 1983].

Gomez Sicre, José. “The Search for Pure Form in Roberto Estopiñán.” cat. Estopiñán. Sculpture and Related Drawings, SchweyerGaldo Editions, Birmingham, Michigan, [illus.], pp.11-15, U.S.A., 1983.

Nodarse-Chao, Olga. “Preface.” cat. Estopiñán. Sculpture and Related Drawings. Schweyer-Galdo Editions, Birmingham, Michigan, [illus.], pp.7-9, U.S.A., 1983.

Weiner, Judith. “Roberto Estopiñán. The Quest for SelfKnowledge.” cat. Estopiñan. Sculpture and Related Drawings, SchweyerGaldo Editions, Birmingham, Michigan, [illus.], pp.16-18, U.S.A., 1983.

Windell, James. “Estopiñán’s Work Reflects his Concern for Humanity.” Oakland Sunday Magazine, Oakland, California, U.S.A., April 10, 1983 [reproduced in Estopiñán at Schweyer-Galdo Galleries, Schweyer-Galdo Editions, Birmingham, Michigan, [illus.], unpaginated, U.S.A., Spring, 1983].

 

1981

“Estopiñán all’Azienda.” La Nazione, Florence [illus.], ITALY, August 4, 1981.

 

1978

The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, p.B2, U.S.A., May 12, 1978.

 

1975

La enciclopedia de Cuba. Book 5. Artes. Sociedad. Filosofía. Enciclopedia y Clásicos Cubanos, Inc., Ed. Playor, S.A., Madrid [illus.], pp.294-295, SPAIN, 1975.

 

1974

Cubanacán Magazine, New York, p.80, U.S.A., May, 1974.

 

1971

Evening Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, p.B1, U.S.A., April 26, 1971.

 

1960

Novoa Luis, Rosario. “Escultura cubana.” Artes Plásticas, Havana, No.2, [illus.], unpaginated, CUBA, 1960.

 

1958

“The Talent that made the Habana Hilton.” Interior Design, New York, p.118, U.S.A., September, 1958.

 

1956

Maribona, Armando R. “A propósito del escultor Roberto Estopiñán: escultor cubano.” Rotograbado Información, Havana, sección E, p.2, CUBA, June 10, 1956.

 

1955

Guerra, Agustín. “Exposiciones.” Boletín de la Comisión Nacional Cubana de la UNESCO, Havana, Year IV, No.10, pp.15-16, CUBA, October, 1955.

Maribona, Armando R. “Estopiñán, Longa y Lozano.” Información, Havana [illus.], p.22, CUBA, September 8, 1955.

Texidor, Joaquín. “Trilogía de escultores.” Tiempo en Cuba, Havana, [illus.], p.13, CUBA, September 8, 1955.

 

1953

“Estopiñán.” Noticias de Arte, Havana, Special issue devoted to the Brasil Biennial, Year I, No.11, [illus.], p.6, CUBA, October-November, 1953.

Diaz, Noemí. “Roberto Estopiñán: primer Premio Nacional de Escultura.” Gente, Havana, CUBA, March 1, 1953.

Maribona, Armando R. “Notas y alusiones al arte y la obra de Roberto Estopiñán.” Rotograbado Información, Suplemment, Havana, p.24, CUBA, May 17, 1953.

 

1951

“Tres obras de Roberto Estopiñán, escultor.” Arquitectura, Havana, No.217, CUBA, August, 1951.

 

1950

“Diago y Estopiñán.” Información, Havana, [illus.], p.34, CUBA, November 15, 1950.

Lauderman Ortiz, Gladys. “La exposición de Diago y Estopiñán.” El País, Havana, [illus.], CUBA, November 14, 1950.

_________. “Roberto Estopiñán.” Estudios, Mensuario de Cultura, Havana, Year I, No.1, CUBA, February, 1950.

 

1949

Dulzaides Noda, Luis. “Roberto Estopiñán.” Inventario, Havana, Year I, No.9, CUBA, May, 1949.

Hoostman, Jorge Luis. “Estopiñán, madurez de un joven escultor.” Crónica, Havana, CUBA, June 19, 1949.

Lauderman Ortiz, Gladys. “Estopiñán y su exposición.” El País, Havana, CUBA, [June], 1949.

Maribona, Armando R. “Estopiñán en el Lyceum.” Diario de la Marina, Havana, CUBA, June 8, 1949.

Marquina, Rafael. “Exposición Estopiñán.” Rotograbado Información. Suplemento, Havana, CUBA, June 3, 1949.

Sicre, Juan José. cat. Esculturas de Estopiñán, Lyceum, Havana, 1 pp., CUBA, May 30June 8, 1949.

Texidor, Joaquín. cat. Esculturas de Estopiñán, Lyceum, Havana, 1 pp., CUBA, May 30June 8, 1949.

_________. “Apuntes sobre el escultor Roberto Estopiñán.” Diario de la Marina, Havana, CUBA, July 17, 1949.

 

1948

Texidor, Joaquín. “Presencia de Estopiñán.” Inventario, Havana, Year I, No.1, CUBA, April, 1948.

 

1947

Texidor, Joaquín. “Roberto Estopiñán.” Tiempo en Cuba, Havana, CUBA, May 18, 1947.

 

1946

“Jóvenes escultores.” Información, Havana, p.22, CUBA, March 10, 1946.

Texidor, Joaquín. “Estopiñán.” Sábado, Havana, [illus.], p.12, CUBA, February 23, 1946.