Attributed to Jaime Colson, no coa,private collection, medium: oil measurements: 28"WX35"H framed, mint condition Biography:Jaime Antonio Gumercindo González Colson was a Dominican modernist painter, writer, and playwright born in Tubagua, Puerto Plata in 1901. His travels to Spain and France in the early 20th century led to his experimenting with Cubism, Surrealism and other avant-garde styles.He struck up friendships with artists like Maruja Mallo, Rafael Barradas and Salvador Dalí in Spain, and in Paris, came to know Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, masters of the cubist school that influenced his style. In 1934, he decided to leave Europe for Mexico to teach art, where he befriended artists like José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera.After leaving Mexico in 1938, Colson became professor at the art academy in Havana, Cuba to teach his "cubismo neo-humanista".The Cuban artist Mario Carreño was one of his pupils.In May 1938, Colson held an art exhibition for the first time in his country in Santo Domingo, at that time, Ciudad Trujillo. Years later, dictator Rafael Trujillo would go on to appoint him Director of the School of Fine Arts in 1950, though Colson resigned in 1952, less than two years later as a result of the repressive regime.Colson's art has mostly been described as Cubist, Surrealist, and Neohumanist. He is best known for his development of Neohumanismo (or Neohumanism) and Caribbean cubism or Afro-cubism.His most notable works include Merengue (1938), and his series Figuras Metafisicas (1930). Colson also wrote poetry and theatrical works.