Enrique Gay García
Enrique Gay García | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1928 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba |
| Died | November 17, 2015 Miami, Florida, United States |
| Education | Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, University of Perugia |
| Occupation | Visual artist |
| Known for | Painting, printmaking, sculpture |
Enrique Gay García (1928–2015) was a Cuban-born American visual artist.[1] He worked in abstract expressionist painting and bronze sculpture.
Biography
Gay García's artwork has been displayed in galleries at Miami Dade College in Miami;[2] the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City;[3] Havana; Washington, D.C.; and the San Carlos Institute in Key West, Florida.[3] He participated in the São Paulo Art Biennial VI (1959) and VII (1963).[4] Gay García's work is included in museum and public collections, including the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami; the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana; the Museum of Contemporary Latin American Art in Washington, D.C.; the Miami-Dade Public Library; and the Vermont Academy.[5] Gay García died at age 87 on November 17, 2015, after suffering from respiratory and cardiac problems for a few days prior.[3][4]
See also
References
- ↑ Sicre, José Gómez (1987). "Enrique Gay García". Art of Cuba in Exile. Editora Munder. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-0-89729-467-6.
- ↑ "Homenaje a la obra del artista Enrique Gay García". Diario las Américas (in español). November 24, 2017. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Fallece en Miami el escultor y pintor cubano Enrique Gay García". Diario las Américas (in español). November 22, 2017. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- 1928 births
- 2015 deaths
- 20th-century Cuban male artists
- 20th-century Cuban painters
- 20th-century Cuban sculptors
- 21st-century Cuban male artists
- 21st-century Cuban painters
- Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro alumni
- Artists from Miami
- Cuban emigrants to the United States
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional alumni
- People from Santiago de Cuba