Leopoldo Romañach
Leopoldo Romañach y Guillen (1862–1951) was a Cuban painter. He was born in Sierra Morena, Corralillo, in the province of Las Villas.[1]
Romañach was a professor of color theory at San Alejandro, won a number of awards. The Republic of Cuba granted him in 1950 the Great Cross of the National Order of Merit of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes.
The school "Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas “Leopoldo Romañach” in Santa Clara, Las Villas, Cuba was named after him.
Amelia Peláez, Lesbia Vent Dumois, Jesus Castellanos, and Víctor Manuel García Valdés were among his students.
References
- "Leopoldo Romañach". Latin Art Core, Miami, Florida. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- http://www.cernudaarte.com/cgi-local/artists.cgi?aid=28
- http://www.artnet.com/artist/587815/leopoldo-romanach.html
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