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Name
  
Raul Torres


Role
  
Artist

Born
  
June 10, 1933 (age 90) (
1933-06-10
)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Raúl Marcelino Alfaro Torres (born June 10, 1933 in Santiago de Cuba Cuba) is a Cuban artist specializing in engraving, photography, sculpture, drawing, painting and graphic design.

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Alfaro graduated from the "Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas José Joaquín Tejada", in Santiago de Cuba in 1952. He later studied arts and graphic design from 1957- 1958 at the School of Visual Arts/American Art School in New York City.

Individual exhibitions

  • 1965 - "Alfaro. Grabados y Dibujos", Galería de Oriente, Santiago de Cuba
  • 1965 - "Pintores y Grabadores de Santiago. Aguilera y Alfaro". Centro de Arte Internacional, in Havana.
  • Galería Espacio Abierto, Revista Revolución y Cultura, Havana, Cuba
  • "Exposición del Mtro. Raúl Alfaro Torres. Colografías" Havana, Cuba
  • Galería de la Casa Makuixóchitl, Ocotepec, Morelos, México.

    • Collective exhibitions

  • 1963 - "Salón Nacional de Grabado 1963", Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
  • 1964 - "Tercer Concurso Latinoamericano de Grabado", Galería Latinoamericana, Casa de las Américas (Havana)
  • 1982 - "Pintores Santiagueros de Cuba", Galería Tierra Adentro 2, Mexico City, México.

    • Awards

  • 1963 - Acquisition Award. Salón Nacional de Grabado 1963, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
  • 1970 - Acquisition Award. "Salón 70", Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
  • 1976 - First Prize in Engraving; Primer Salón del Nuevo Paisaje, Santiago de Cuba

    • Collections

    His works are part of the permanent collections:

  • Museo Bacardí in Santiago de Cuba
  • Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana

    • References

    Raúl Alfaro Torres Wikipedia
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