José María Mijares, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Cuban painter
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Place of Birth: Havana, Havana Province, Cuba
About José María Mijares
- José María Mijares (born 1921 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban contemporary visual artist.
- He began drawing in his adolescent years and entered the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts on a scholarship at the age of 16.
- His greatest influences were the artists of the "Havana School": Carlos Enríquez, René Portocarrero, Cundo Bermúdez, as well as his professors, most notable being modernist painter Fidelio Ponce.
- He was also a part of the influential group, Los Diez Pintores Concretos (the 10 Concrete Painters), or as they are usually referred to, Los Diez (the 10).
- Although the group had a relatively short life, 1959-1961, and exhibited together only a few times, they remain an important part of Cuba's art history especially in the pre-Castro years and leading up to the revolution.
- He left Cuba in 1968, resigning his teaching position at the academy when Fidel Castro came into power.
- Based in Miami, he continued to be a prolific painter and until his death in 2004, at the age of 82.
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