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Original oil painting on canvas mounted on panel. Hand signed and dated lower right by José Maria Mijares. Canvas Size: 24 x 18 inches. Frame Size: 32.5 x 26.5 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included.
About the Artist: José María Mijares (born 1921) was a Cuban contemporary visual artist. He began drawing in his adolescent years and entered the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts on a scholarship at the age of 16. His greatest influences were the artists of the “Havana School”: Carlos Enríquez, René Portocarrero, Cundo Bermúdez, as well as his professors, most notable being modernist painter Fidelio Ponce. He was also a part of the influential group, Los Diez Pintores Concretos (the 10 Concrete Painters), or as they are usually referred to, Los Diez (the 10). Although the group had a relatively short life, 1959–1961, and exhibited together only a few times, they remain an important part of Cuba’s art history especially in the pre-Castro years and leading up to the revolution. He left Cuba in 1968, resigning his teaching position at the academy when Fidel Castro came into power. Based in Miami, he continued to be a prolific painter and until his death in 2004, at the age of 82.
