Arana, Alfonso, 1927-2005
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found: His Obra reciente de Alfonso Arana, 1988:t.p. (Alfonso Arana) p. 35 (b. Mar. 31, 1927 N.Y.C.; Puerto Rican painter)
found: Wikipedia WWW site, Nov. 23, 2005(Alfonso Arana; b. 1927, New York; d. Nov. 18, 2005, Paris; Puerto Rican painter)
found: Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras. Viewed June 16, 2022:(b. in New York. Moved to San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, when he was four years old. Studied under Viennese professor Franz Howanietz. Moved to Mexico in 1943 and studied under José Bardasano. Studied in Paris in the Ecole des Beux-Arts and the Académie Julian (1947-1951). Returned to Puerto Rico in 1954 and received his B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico in 1961, where he worked as an art professor in 1962. Established official residency in Paris in 1972. In 2001, the French government awarded Arana with the Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts) - http://museocoleccion.uprrp.edu/people/367/alfonso-arana
found: Wikipedia. Alfonso Arana. Viewed October 14, 2022:(Alfonso Arana. Arana was a Puerto Rican artist born in New York City. When he was young, the family moved to San Sebastián, Puerto Rico where the young painter spent his youth. As a young man, Arana studied art in Mexico at the Atelier de Jose Bardasano, at the Manhattan School of Arts in New York, the Académie Julian and L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Paris, and did post graduate work at the American University in Washington, D.C.As an artist, Arana became known for his style of almond-shaped, hollow yet expressive eyes in a face without a skull and with a slightly oversized body. He is also well known for his use of light, sophisticated and almost transparent colors. Arana himself defines his style as expressionism and mannerism) - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfonso_Arana&oldid=1087817774
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1992-06-03: new
2022-10-15: revised
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