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Abel Perez Mainegra |
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Born c.1905, Trinidad, Cuba
Biography At 96, Mainegra still paints scenes of the history of his historic town of Trinidad, and of the Cuban nation. He is also known for portraits of historical and religious figures, such as Fidel Castro, Jose Marti and Jesus Christ.
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Nuestro Senor Jesu Cristo
Abel Perez Mainegra (Trinidad, Cuba)
Tempera on paper (13x9), 2000
$225 (framed) |
Cristo
Abel Perez Mainegra (Trinidad, Cuba)
Tempera on paper (13x9), 2000
$225 (framed) |
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La Gata en Busca de Amor
Abel Perez Mainegra (Trinidad, Cuba)
Tempera on paper (13x10), 1999
$125 SOLD |
La Bruja Diabolica
Abel Perez Mainegra (Trinidad, Cuba)
Tempera on paper (10 1/2 x 13 1/2), 2000
$125 |
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| Mario Mesa |
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Born c. 1940
Biography Born in Cuba, self-taught painter Mario Mesa arrived in the United States on the Mariel Boatlift of 1980. Like many of the marielitos, he had been a political prisoner in Cuba, and lived a very hard life. "I was abandoned at birth. I was poor and couldn't go to school. I never played the games children play. I was always working." He started painting in the United States after being hospitalized for a nervous breakdown. "When I got sick I lived in the streets. I had always been very neat and clean, but everything changed. When I got better I had to help myself. I started painting to give something back. Thanks to painting I got better."
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El Gallo
Mario Mesa (Miami, Florida ,born in Cuba)
Oil on canvas (22x30), 1998
$575 (framed) |
Perro y Pajaros
Mario Mesa (Miami, Florida ,born in Cuba)
Oil on Board (19x25), 1998
$575 (framed) |
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Untitled
Mario Mesa (Miami, Florida ,born in Cuba)
Oil, acrylic on board (25x19), 1997
$850 (framed) |
Perro Moreno
Mario Mesa (Miami, Florida ,born in Cuba)
Oil on Board (26x26), 1998
$550 (framed) |
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