Ramón Frade
Ramón Frade | |
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Self-portrait of Ramón Frade | |
| Born | Ramón Frade de León February 8, 1875 |
| Died | November 7, 1954 (aged 79) |
| Education | Luis Desangles, National Academy of Painting (Santo Domingo) |
| Known for | Painting, Architecture |
| Notable work | El pan nuestro de cada día, La planchadora, El niño campesino, Rêverie d’Amour, La Volteriana, Virgen del Perpetuo Socorro, Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús |
| Movement | Realism |
Ramón Frade de León (Cayey, February 8, 1875 – Ibidem, November 7, 1954) was a Puerto Rican painter, photographer and architect. Known in his circles as Don Monche Frade, he received a classical academic education and developed a realist style that portrayed with great intensity the life of the peasantry in Puerto Rico at the beginning of the 20th century. His most celebrated work, El pan nuestro de cada día (1905), became a cultural icon and a symbol of the dignity of the jíbaro.