Sicre graduated from an art academy in Havana in 1919 and earned an art scholarship to go to Europe where he studied in Madrid at the Fine Arts School of San Fernando in and later under Antoine Bourdelle in Paris, returning to Cuba in 1927.[2]
Sicre, along with Gattorno and the painter Victor Manuel introduced European modern art style to Havana, and began Cuba's Modern Art Movement. He regularly contributed to the avant garde magazine, Revista de Avance, which helped to establish a Cuban national identity in the arts from 1927 to 1930. Sicre became the professor of sculpture at the Academy of San Alejandro.
He was married to Silvia D. Escoubet and their son, Jorge Sicre Escoubet, lived in Cleveland, Ohio and played with the orchestra and his grandson, Jorge Luis Sicre-Gattorno (1958- ), is an accomplished painter in the United States.[3]
FootnotesEdit
^Bethell, Leslie (1998). A cultural history of Latin America : literature, music, and the visual arts in the 19th and 20th centuries (Digital printing. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 413. ISBN9780521626262. Juan José Sicre.
^"Juan Jose Sicre (1898 - 1974)". askart.com. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
juan, josé, sicre, born, velez, 1898, 1974, greatest, cuban, sculptors, most, famous, sculpture, josé, martí, pérez, 1958, josé, martí, memorial, plaza, revolución, havana, born19, december, 1898carlos, rojas, matanzas, cubadied20, august, 1974cleveland, ohio,. Juan Jose Sicre born Juan Jose Sicre Velez 1898 1974 1 was one of the greatest Cuban sculptors His most famous sculpture is of Jose Marti y Perez 1958 the Jose Marti Memorial in the Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana Juan Jose SicreBorn19 December 1898Carlos Rojas Matanzas CubaDied20 August 1974Cleveland Ohio United StatesSicre graduated from an art academy in Havana in 1919 and earned an art scholarship to go to Europe where he studied in Madrid at the Fine Arts School of San Fernando in and later under Antoine Bourdelle in Paris returning to Cuba in 1927 2 Sicre along with Gattorno and the painter Victor Manuel introduced European modern art style to Havana and began Cuba s Modern Art Movement He regularly contributed to the avant garde magazine Revista de Avance which helped to establish a Cuban national identity in the arts from 1927 to 1930 Sicre became the professor of sculpture at the Academy of San Alejandro Sicre s Statue of MartiHe is best known in Cuba for his huge monuments to Jose Marti Simon Bolivar and Victor Hugo all located in Havana He also did statues of Eugenio Maria de Hostos in the Dominican Republic and of Alexandre Sabes Petion and the Heroes of the Battle of Vertieres in Haiti In the United States he has a bust of John F Kennedy at the Inter American Development Bank He also has in Washington DC busts of Henry Clay Jose Cecilio del Valle and Ruben Dario at the OAS Building In Gainesville Florida there is a bronze head of Marti at the Center of Latin American Studies of the University of Florida In Caracas Venezuela he produced a monument to Romulo Gallegos He was married to Silvia D Escoubet and their son Jorge Sicre Escoubet lived in Cleveland Ohio and played with the orchestra and his grandson Jorge Luis Sicre Gattorno 1958 is an accomplished painter in the United States 3 Footnotes Edit Bethell Leslie 1998 A cultural history of Latin America literature music and the visual arts in the 19th and 20th centuries Digital printing ed Cambridge Cambridge University Press p 413 ISBN 9780521626262 Juan Jose Sicre Juan Jose Sicre 1898 1974 askart com Retrieved 2007 08 05 Biography Jorge Sicre Retrieved 2007 08 05 References EditDC memorials by Sicre University of Florida for Latin American Studies article at the Wayback Machine archived February 21 2007 External links Edit Media related to Juan Jose Sicre at Wikimedia Commons This biographical article about a Cuban sculptor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Juan Jose Sicre amp oldid 1124524860, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
