Carlos Raquel Rivera, La Masacre De Ponce Linocut 1956, Vintage Puerto Rico Art

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Carlos Raquel Rivera, La Masacre De Ponce Linocut 1956, Vintage Puerto Rico Art:
$750.00

Original signed linocut titled \"La Masacre de Ponce\". Dated 1956. Good condition with two small tears. One underneath the signature and the other one underneath the title, see pictures taken without the frame. With the frame you can barely notice. Sold as is. Artwork measures approximately 14\" x 11\", with the frame it measures 23 1/2\" x 20 1/2\".

Carlos Raquel Rivera, (Yauco, P.R., 1923 - San Juan, P.R., 1999)

Painter and graphic artist. He began his art studies at the Edna Coll Art Academy under the guidance of Hurtado de Mendoza, Ángel Botello, Tomás Fuentes, Nino Sparaccino, and Federico Enjuto. In 1950 he moved to New York, where he studied with Reginald Marsh and John Corbino at the New York League of Art Students. Upon his return to Puerto Rico, he worked in Juan Rosado’s poster workshop in Puerta de Tierra, along with Rafael Tufiño and Antonio Maldonado. He also participated in the founding of the Center for Puerto Rican Art. In 1954 he joined the Community Education Division’s graphic arts workshop as an illustrator, designer, and poster artist. He is one of the great maestros of the Fifties Generation. In 1958, he received the Prize of Nations at the Mexico Biennial of Painting and Engraving. Satire and social and political critique in a magical Environment are distinguishing elements of his work. Early in his career, his graphics work presented directly Puerto Rican national and cultural identity as well as the artist’s political views. The content of his later paintings was more universal, with images of fantasy and existential anguish, although the social statements of his first period are equally applicable.

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