Juan Moreira Painting - "Venus Africana" (1993)

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  Juan Moreira (Cuban, 1938-2022). "Venus Africana" acrylic on canvas, 1993. Signed and dated at lower right. A striking painting titled "Venus Africana" by Juan Moreira, a Cuban modern artist who dedicated his work to the culture, beliefs, and traditions of his people. Moreira's "African Venus" is a totemic, idol-like figure comprised of abstract human and mythical zoomorphic features, painted in a Cubist manner that demonstrates Moreira's admiration for both Pablo Picasso and Wifredo Lam. Moreira was among the most important Cuban artists of the modern era, and his imagery captures symbolic creators of life and deities that were very much integrated with the natural world such as "Venus Africana". Size (painting): 21.5" L x 18" W (54.6 cm x 45.7 cm) Size (frame): 27.375" L x 24.25" W (69.5 cm x 61.6 cm)
  
  About the artist: "Juan Moreira graduated as a professional draftsman in 1958 from the Fernando Aguado y Rico Higher School of Trades and Crafts in Havana. In 1960 he attended a course in Commercial Art at the Martin Studio School in Havana and in 1963 he graduated from the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts and the Experimental Graphic Art Workshop. He is a member of the National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) and of the UNESCO International Association of Art (IAA). His works are part of the collection of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuba; the Museum of the Americas in Managua, Nicaragua; the Latin American Gallery in Krakow, Poland; the Cuban Art Museum in Vienna, Austria, The National Gallery of Jamaica, in Kingston; the Schools Museum in Gotha, Germany; the Saint Thomas University in Houston, Texas; and the Royal Ontario Museum in Ontario, Canada. He received First Prize in drawing at the First Provincial Exhibition of Visual Art Professors and Instructors in Havana (1973); an Honorary Mention in the 7th Kosice Biennial in Czechoslovakia (1984) and Third Prize at the 3rd Painting Contest of the Nicomedes García Gómez Foundation in Segovia, Spain (2001). He received the Diploma for Artistic Merit, granted by the Superior Institute of Art." (Cuban Art Resources Archive, 2022)
  
  A few more interesting notes about Juan Moreira. He was the first Cuban artist to illustrate "Don Quijote de la Mancha" in a Cuban edition. He also assisted the Chilean artist Jose Venturelli on the murals at the Hotel Habana Libre as well as the buildings where Prensa Latina was founded. In addition, his artworks are in the private collections of King Emeritus Juan Carlos of Spain, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and in the United Nations building in Geneva.
  
  Provenance: Private Los Angeles, California, USA collection
  
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  Condition

  Signed and dated at lower right. Couturier Gallery label as well as exhibition label written in Spanish on verso. Mounted in an attractive custom frame; frame has a few minor scuffs but is otherwise excellent, fit with suspension wire, and ready to display.
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