Welcome to PuertoRicanPainter.com
Puerto Rican Painter will serve to bring the creative, cultural and artistic talents of Puerto Rico's Artist Painters both past and present along with their stories to the online art world.
Puerto Rico has a very rich, cultural and creative mix of Artist/Painters going back as far as Francisco Oller(born 1833).
Artist Painter Francisco Oller was born in San Juan, PR, in 1833. He studied at Academia de San Fernando, Madrid, and Academia Suisse y Atelier de Notre Dame-des-Champs, Paris. In 1868, Oller founded his first Escuela de Dibujo, in San Juan. In 1889, he established Escuela de Arte para Señoritas at Ateneo Puertorriqueño. In 1898, he set up Academia de Dibujo y Pintura, San Juan. Oller also taught drawing in PR public schools. He was awarded silver medal at Primera Feria Exposición, 1854; and gold medals at Exposición del cuarto centenario del descubrimiento de PR, 1893, and Ateneo Puertorriqueño, 1908.
Puerto Rican Painter will bring the Galleries, Studios & Museums across the island and their exhibitions of Puerto Rico's Artist Painters to the online art world.
Your trip at Puerto Rican Painter will start at the Artist page where you will find the very best in Puerto Rico's creative and talented painters. Most artist put brush to canvas to tell a story about incidents in their life's' and experiences they have had. By getting to know these artist painters you will gain the knowledge of their experiences and come to know the Puerto Rican, how he works, lives and their creative nature.
On to the Galleries page to learn about Puerto Rico's Museums, Art Galleries and their exciting exhibitions of artist painters and sample their exciting works of art. We also have an extensive list of artesians and galleries curtesy of Puerto Rico magazine, at the galleries page...
Artist & Galleries are encouraged to visit the members’ page for information on becoming a member. Become a member and help support these artisans who create one of a kind works of art to share with art lovers from all around the world. We are also looking for partner sites who share in our belief that art is for the masses and should be shared by all. We encourage you to send us information on artist painters for inclusion into our family of talented painters both past, present and looking to the future... Puerto Rican Painter will bring the very best in artistic talent to the online art lover.
Articles:
- Not Alone: the windows of Jose Rios
- A SHORT HISTORY OF PUERTO RICAN PAINTERS...
Both written by: Nellie Escalante-Dumberger Puerto Rican/Latino arts educator and writer.
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