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Jose Arburu y Morell (1864-1889) Cuban Oil on canva

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Jose Arburu y Morell (1864-1889) Cuban framed Oil on canvas 20.5 in x 16.5 in Colonial Cuban painter Jose Arburu y Morell was born in Havana and attended the San Alejandro School. He was a magnificent portrait painter and was renowned for his use of color and natural poses and settings. At San Alejandro Arburu studied under the great Miguel Melero and became one of his best pupils. Arburu studied abroad in Spain where he attended school at the Real Academia de San Fernando in Madrid. During this time he was an apprentice to Manuel Dominguez. Together they would decorate the Palacio de Murga de los marqueses de Linares.It has been said that other than painter Guillermo Collazo no other Cuban painter has ever matched Arburu's talent and style of texture and natural light. Many have suspected that Arburu used the plein air (outdoors) method of painting on sight in the open with natural light. His travels to Spain certainly make this a possibility.Much of his European influence can be seen in his oil paintings

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