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Danilo De los Santos
Gausachs and Hernández Ortega, in relation to their dis-
courses and surreal temperaments. In the Parisian milieu
he gains awareness about Surrealism, producing a work of
absurd forms, organic, imaginative, voluptuous, smooth,
sometimes with thorny elements in an atmosphere of po-
etic solitude. In France he has been recognized as the
new voice of surrealism at the moment of his returns to
the country, performing solo exhibitions in addition to
those featured in several European countries. His name
and work boast of local and international prestige.
Work «Untitled,» charcoal and crayon/paper, 60x94,
no date.
Félix Brito. (Santo Domingo, from 1945/2003). He
studied at the School of Fine Arts during the years 1961-
1967. He participates and gets an award in drawing at the
León Jimenes Contest of 1969, holding solo exhibition
that year, and then a second one in 1970. In the XIII Na-
tional Biennial (1970) he gets a special prize for the work
«Imaginary Portrait of a Girl,» participating in the exhibi- Ignacio Rincón (Kuma). (La Victoria, North Santo
tion «60s’ Generation» organized by the Modern Art Gal-
lery in 1982. His pictorial discourse is characterized by
formal tidiness. His themes give privilege to nudes paint-
ings and young faces and graceful maidens transmitting
a particular oneiric poetic.
«Woman with Butterfly,» oil/canvas, 75x60 cm., 1976 v
«Woman with Pamela,» oil/canvas, 60x75 cm., 1976.
Clara Ledesma. (Santiago, 1924/Nueva York 1999). A
draftswoman and a painter, she received guidance at the
Yoryi Morel Academy, training at the National School
of Fine Arts, where she was notable disciple of Joseph
Gausachs. She held her first individual exhibition in
1952, and is the only woman artist in the Group of Four,
with Colson, Hernández Ortega and Gausachs. She
traveled to Madrid where she expands her knowledge,
returning to Santo Domingo where she exhibited actively
in collective and individual exhibitions. She gets numer-
ous national awards showcasing in various countries, and
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then moved to New York where she establishes residence,
maintaining her link with the home country where she
constantly displays her imaginative, magical, mythologi-
cal and surreal pieces.
«The Twins,» oil/canvas, 100x83 cm., 1988 v «Astral
Trio,» oil/canvas, 30x40 inch., no date.
Santiago Sosa. (Santo Domingo, 1945). After studying
at the National School of Fine Arts, obtains a painting
award in the XIII National Biennial (1974), featuring in
San Cristobal City Hall (1975), at the Gallery of Modern
Art (1977), as well as participating in various collective
exhibitions. His discourse subscribes to absurd, halluci-
natory and conceptual figuration attached to Surreality.
«Composition (Character),» acrylic/canvas, 36x24 inch.,
1996 v «Woman with Butterfly,» acrylic/canvas, 75x60 inch.,
no date.
Domingo, 1951). A draftsman, printmaker and painter.
He is known by the nickname of Kuma, which he uses
to sign his works. Graduated from the ENBA, he was
part of the Group The Six, with whom he participates in
a collective exhibition, then going away to Spain where
training expands and establishes residence. In 1986 holds
his first solo at Casa de Teatro, holding other solo exhibi-
tions in 1987 and 1988.
Series «The Revelations of the Forest Clearings,» oil/can-
vas, 198x63 cm., 1987.
Vicente Fabré. (La Vega, 1946). Sculptor, ceramist and
painter who graduated from the School of Fine Arts in
his hometown, where he was a teacher. Between 1973
and 1988 he had fifteen solo exhibitions, mostly in San-
to Domingo, where he is teaching. «Circus Acrobatics,»
was the title of the exhibition of 1988, which he held
before moving to the United States, living in New York
and Miami, the cities where he features in individual and
collective exhibitions. His circus discourse adheres to a