1953-2010
Cienfuegos, Cuba.

 

A self-taught artist, José Garcia Montebravo began to paint in 1980 and had his first solo exhibition in 1984. Until his untimely death in 2010, he lived in the city of Cienfuegos, where he was a leading member of the art community. Montebravo painted strong portrayals of religious figures, particularly the orishas, or Santería deities. Many of his paintings depict birds, animals and the lush Cuban plant life but with a strength which suggests an allegorical or religious symbolism as well. He exhibited individually and collectively, in Europe and the United States as well as in Cuba.

 

More background on the Cuban painter Montebravo can be found here:
http://www.folkart.org/mag/
jose-montebravo

 

 

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