Colores y Formas: La Esencia del Arte Cubano a través de Peláez y Arche / Colors and Forms: The Essence of Cuban Art through Pelaez and Arche 🖼 [ESP+ENG]

Hello community, family and lovers of paintings in GEMS, greetings. Today, I come to continue sharing with you my visit to the great National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, but this time I present beautiful and significant abstract paintings of personalities of the Cuban plastic arts, mainly Amelia Pelaez del Casal and Jorge Arche in the room of the emergence of modern art. Interesting, right? Join me on this wonderful tour 😉!

📌 All the photos you will see below are taken by my iPhone in the artist's personal gallery.

This second division in the room is assigned to Jorge Arche (1905-1956), a Cuban painter known mainly for his portraits and still lifes. He was part of the Cuban Vanguard movement, which sought to break with academic traditions and explore new forms of artistic expression.

Arche is recognized for his ability to capture the essence of his subjects with a realistic and detailed style. His work has been fundamental in the development of modern art in Cuba, and has traveled to various countries around the world such as Mexico, Spain, Brazil and others.

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Spring or rest, 1940 Oil on canvas: 127 x 152 cm

Of all of Arche's samples, the one that impresses me the most is this large format painting, where two figures rest comfortably on the grass, their faces expressing tranquility and relaxation.

The artist develops a beautiful landscape environment where the intertwined couple in the center creates an ideal balance to the work.

Note: I always take one or two photos of the exhibition hall, so that you can see how the paintings, the tourists and the decoration of the place look, all very colorful, well lit and well cared for by the staff. The guards who take care of it are always attentive to any movement, if they enter with food, they are called to attention and it is forbidden to touch the works.

In this first part I will talk about the avant-garde as the maximum feminine expression of the modernist plastic art: Amelia Peláez del Casal (1896 - 1968) an outstanding Cuban painter, muralist and ceramist, known for her unique style that fuses the modern with the Cuban tradition.

Her work is characterized by the use of vibrant colors and the incorporation of architectural and decorative motifs such as stained glass and colonial tiles, her paintings express a variety of female figures, landscapes, still life, fruits and other inspirations.

His work achieves an international scope participating in Biennials in Sao Paulo, France, United States, Mexico and Venice.

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Yellow flowers, 1964 Oil on canvas: 122 x 94.5 cm

This work by Cuban painter Peláez reflects the luminosity of the Cuban environment supported by elements of the national architecture such as alfarje ceilings, as well as woven rugs. The work is characterized by the use of thick and curved lines, flat areas and large volumes.

That's all for today, I appreciated each style of the creators, a perfect combination of colors for my taste and I am very curious to know what you think of this collection of art about these two very recognized painters of my country. Don't forget to leave your comment and follow me for future posts.

Have you ever seen paintings by the artists, tell me which is your favorite from the collection?