Enrique Gay García

Enrique Gay García
Born1928 (1928)
DiedNovember 17, 2015(2015-11-17) (aged 86–87)
Miami, Florida, United States
EducationEscuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro,
Instituto Politécnico Nacional,
University of Perugia
OccupationVisual artist
Known forPainting, printmaking, sculpture

Enrique Gay García (1928–2015) was a Cuban-born American visual artist.[1] He worked in abstract expressionist painting and bronze sculpture.

Biography

Enrique Gay García was born in 1928, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.[2][3] Gay García graduated in 1953 from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro in Havana.[4] He also studied at Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico City, Art Institute of Venice, and the University of Perugia in Perugia, Italy.[3][5]

Gay García's artwork has been displayed in galleries at Miami Dade College in Miami;[6] the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City;[4] Havana; Washington, D.C.; and the San Carlos Institute in Key West, Florida.[4] He participated in the São Paulo Art Biennial VI (1959) and VII (1963).[5]

Gay García's work is included in museum and public collections, including the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami; the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana; the Museum of Contemporary Latin American Art in Washington, D.C.; the Miami-Dade Public Library; and the Vermont Academy.[7]

Gay García died at age 87 on November 17, 2015, after suffering from respiratory and cardiac problems for a few days prior.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sicre, José Gómez (1987). "Enrique Gay García". Art of Cuba in Exile. Editora Munder. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-0-89729-467-6.
  2. ^ Ruiz-Ramón, Astrid (1987). Recent Developments in Latin American Drawing: The Art Institute of Chicago, July 18 to September 27. Image Publications. p. 27 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b Museum of Modern Art of Latin America (1985). Museum of Modern Art of Latin America: Selections from the Permanent Collection. General Secretariat, Organization of American States. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8270-2142-6.
  4. ^ a b c d "Fallece en Miami el escultor y pintor cubano Enrique Gay García". Diario las Américas (in Spanish). November 22, 2017. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  5. ^ a b c "Gay García, Enrique". Cintas Foundation. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  6. ^ "Homenaje a la obra del artista Enrique Gay García". Diario las Américas (in Spanish). November 24, 2017. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  7. ^ "Falleció el pintor y escultor Enrique Gay García". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). November 18, 2015. ISSN 2688-8785.