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Art and History
at the Banco popular dominicano visual arts collection
curriculum, but is widely known in the capital, especially «White Bucaré,» oil/canvas, 70x55 cm., no date v «The
among art dealers and followers of his painting that rec- Old Man and Time,» oil/canvas, 60x75 cm., no date v «Land-
reates landscape with descriptive realism of soft ranges. scape,» acrylic/canvas, 61x76 cm., no date v «Framboyán,» oil/
One of his works was chosen for inclusion in a Domini- canvas, 70x55 cm., no date v «Untitled,» Oil / canvas, 100x75
can itinerant group show in various schools in New York cm., no date.
during 1989-1990.
Víctor Bonet Camps. (Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Is-
«Landscape,» acrylic/canvas, 30x40 inch., 1990 v «Land-
scape,» acrylic/canvas, 30x40 inch., no date v «Country Land- lands, Spain.). He received training at the Institute of Fine
scape,» acrylic/canvas, 30x40 inch., no date. Arts of his native island and also in Copenhagen. Win-
ner in the International Biennial Painting of Stockholm,
Alberto Houellemont. (Santo Domingo, 1939). Sweden (1964), in that year obtained Drawing Prize at the
Third Biennial in Palma de Mallorca. With numerous exhi-
Graduate lawyer from the state university, he moved to bitions in Europe, arrives in Santo Domingo in 1977, later
Santiago de los Caballeros, working at the Universidad living the country, and returning again in 1979.
Católica Madre y Maestra, and frequently visiting Yoryi
Morel’s workshop, which stimulates his artistic voca- «Seller,» acrylic/canvas, 30x24 inch., 1984 v «Coconut
tion. He was guided by his architect brother Iván, and Seller,» acrylic/canvas, 22x28 inch., 1985.
committed fully to his workshop, holding his first solo
exhibition in 1982. He is primarily a landscape paint- Vicente Herrero. (Valencia, Spain, 1960). He studied
er of soft colour tones, but incorporates other nature
themes. at Escuela Superior de Arte, in his hometown, and at
the School of Art of Brooklyn Museum, New York. He
«Landscape,» acrylic/canvas, 30x36 inch., 1997. comes to the country as artist in residence at Altos de
Chavón, showcasing in twelve Dominican exhibitions,
5. Spaniard presence. López Ramos, better and participating in international biennials sponsored
known as Tomasín, is a painter born in Spain, and by the United Nations.
«Dominicanized» in its long career in Santo Domin-
go where he died. He leads a group of artists born in «Still Life,» oil/canvas, 30x40 inch., no date v «Marina,»
Spain, which in the last three decades of the twen- acrylic/canvas, 30x40 inch., 1983.
tieth century is rooted in the country –temporarily
or permanently– transcribing various aspects of Do- Agustin Masiá. (Valencia, Spain, 1931/ Santo Domin-
minican reality. The countryside and coastline, labor
chores, tropical fruits and Creole characters were pic- go, 1994). Trained in Fine Arts in his hometown, holds
torial themes of Augustín Masía, Joaquín Castellote, his first solo in 1946, exhibiting in various cities in Spain,
Vicente Herrero, and Victor Bonet Camps… Africa and America. In 1975 he moved to the Domini-
can Republic where he has extensive exhibition presenta-
Joaquin Castellote. (Barcelona, Spain, 1920). Professor tions and from where he promotes his paintings to the
United States. His Dominican production is bright and
at the School of Fine Arts and the School Massana, in his realistic, reaching hyperrealism style effects, and themati-
hometown, he holds solo exhibitions in several countries cally abundant.
since 1944, including the Dominican Republic, where he
establishes residence and works as a professor. «Market,» acrylic/canvas, 95x75 cm., no date. «Ratchet,»
oil/canvas, 56x76 cm., no date. «Boy with Fruit,» oil/card-
board 40x29 cm., no date.
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