On Cuban Artists and Canvas Art Prints
Cuban artistry is a contrasting cultural blend of European, North American and African visual design telegraphing the diverse demographic of the island. Artisans from Cuba developed European modernism and the 1920-1930 era witnessed an expansion in Cuban vanguardism trends; these movements were marked by a variety of contemporary artistic genres. Some of the more celebrated 20th century Cuban artists were likely to come from the early part of the 20th century (for instance Amelia Pelez).
Perhaps the most legendary piece of art to hail from Cuba was THAT photo of Che Guevara (shot by Mr Alberto Korda) which was to become maybe one of the most celebrated photographs of the 20th century.
The native Cuban art cause gathered momentum following the opening of the art academy (San Alejandro) back in 1818, which was designed to gratify the European preference of the Cuban middle class. In the late 1800s, landscapes dominated Cuban art and classicalism was still the favoured genre. Yet, the Vanguardia Cuban contemporary artist of the late 1920s had scorned the academic conventions of the national art academy of Cuba. In their genesis, numerous Cuban artists had resided in France, where they learned and absorbed the rules of surrealism, cubism, and modernist primitivism. Once back in Cuba, they became dedicated to new artistic styles and were motivated to fuse this new artistic tendency with a Cuban influence. The pioneering artists accomplished global recognition in 2003 when the MOMA exhibited the the Modern Cuban Painting show. Such art styles have now been made very fashionable through canvas art prints graced on walls worldwide.
