CAMEJO, Crescencio, (Cuban/American, 1899-1980): Landscape Scene, Oil on Board, signed and dated 1957, lower left,
Crescencio Camejo was born in Agramonte, Cuba on April 19, 1899, and died in New York City on February 23, 1980. He studied art at the Academia San Alejandro in Havana, Cuba.
He painted mostly landscapes both in Cuba and in New York in a style considered to be impressionist. Many of his works depict scenes from Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City.
He participated in various exhibitions in Havana among them The Third National Exhibition of Painters in the Capitol in 1948, and exhibitions by the Circulo de Bellas Artes in 1939 and 1952 when he won prizes.
He participated in the First Spanish American Biennial of Art in 1952. In New York he last exhibited his work at the Casa de Espana in 1979.

Provenance: private collection MIAMI
DIMENSIONS with frame: Height 20.60 inch / 52,3 cm
                                           Length 24.75 inch / 62,5 cm

DIMENSIONS without frame: Height 13.60 inch / 34,5 cm
                                              Length17.60 inch / 44,7 cm