René Portocarrero

René Portocarrero
Born(1912-02-24)February 24, 1912
Havana, Cuba
DiedApril 7, 1985(1985-04-07) (aged 73)
Havana, Cuba
EducationSan Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts (brief attendance)
Known forPainting, murals, ceramics, book illustration
MovementCuban modernism; Vanguardia

René Portocarrero (24 February 1912 – 7 April 1985) was a Cuban visual artist known for paintings, murals, ceramics, and works on paper. He is associated with Cuban modernism and the second generation of the Cuban vanguardia. His work was shown internationally, including in the landmark 1944 exhibition Modern Cuban Painters at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Some sources list his birth year as 1914 rather than 1912.

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