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Occupation
  
Painter


Name
  
Armando Armas

Born
  
November 27, 1914
Havana, Cuba

Died
  
May 25, 1981(1981-05-25) (aged 66)Havana, Cuba

Armando de Armas Romero (November 27, 1914 in Havana, Cuba – May 25, 1981 in Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban painter.

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De Armas studied between 1957 and 1959 at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios in Havana, Cuba; but is considered a self-taught artist. Between 1930 and 1950 he worked as postal employee, construction worker and trader in Havana, Cuba. He was also a scenographer with Manolo Roig of the Teatro Martí, Havana, Cuba between 1957 and 1959.

Individual exhibitions

  • 1975 - "Exposición de Paisajes de Armando de Armas" at the Galería de La Rampa, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana, Cuba
  • 1978 - "Paisajes Cubanos del Pintor Armando de Armas", at the Casa de la Cultura de Plaza, Havana, Cuba.
  • Collective exhibitions

  • 1972 - "III Trienal de Arte Insito (Naif)" at the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
  • 1972–1973 - "8 Primitive Painters", Copenhagen, Denmark; Belgrade, Yugoslavia; Prague, Czechoslovakia; Warsaw, Poland; Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia; Szépmúvészeti Museum, Budapest, Hungary; Bucharest, Romania and Sofia, Bulgaria).
  • 1976 - “Eleven Cuban Primitive Artist”; Expo de Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica
  • 1978 - "11 Pintores Ingenuos de Cuba" at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, México
  • 1982 - "Artistas Populares de Cuba" in Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
  • Collections

    His works can be found in the permanent collection of:

  • Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Cuba.
  • References

    Armando de Armas Romero Wikipedia