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Juan T. Vázquez Martín, is an abstract painter who was born on December 23, 1941 in Caibarién, Cuba. A Cuban painter who lives and works in Havana. Member of the Writer and Artists Union of Cuba (UNEAC). Member of International Association of Art (AIAP). Vazquez Martin was elected President and Vice-President of the Painting section of the Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) several times, in recognition of ‘his valour in defending contemporary painting in Cuba’, an office he held from 1989 to 1998. This painter is among the Cuban abstract painters masters. His work is held in a number of prestigious collections of national and international institutions including UNESCO International Association of Art (AIAP) in Paris, the Spanish Office of the European Economic Community, New York and the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuba. As a teacher this Cuban painter has a good pedagogy technique. He teaches with an infinite source of creative classes to introduce and stimulate the students interest to the art of painting, its history and appreciation. Vazquez Martin believes that artists should know well the world where they live and how art has contributed to its development as well as its present influence and importance for the future. ==Biography== Dr Josephine Reynell from Oxford Hertford College says: 'Juan T. Vazquez Martin is among of the great Cuban masters of painting; he is also considered to be one of Cuba’s leading abstract painters. Through dedication to artistic freedom he has played a seminal role in keeping abstract art alive in Cuba. The so-called Grey Period or El Quinquenio Gris in Cuban culture, between 1970–1976, seriously undermined abstract art and indeed experimentation in all areas of the arts in Cuba. Art was seen as a useful propaganda tool and whilst no artist was forbidden to work in a certain way, only those artists whose work conformed to what was considered acceptable were supported. Many artists left the country. Juan T. Vazquez Martin’s refusal to leave Cuba and his steadfast commitment to his personal artistic vision exacted a heavy economic and personal cost, losing him official patronage and promotion. His courageous maintenance of his artistic vision in the face of real hardship has nevertheless enabled him to develop a unique style of painting which now has had a profound influence on the new generation of young Cuban artists. He has been Director of a number of Schools of Visual Arts in Cuba and has taught various well known Cuban artists including Flora Fong (exhibited in London 2007), Gabriel Gutierrez, Nasario Salazar, Oscar Rodriguez Laseria and Joel Jover. At the age of 16, he won a prestigious and highly competitive scholarship to the Academia Leopoldo Romañach in Santa Clara, renowned as the most progressive art school in Cuba at that time. His art has been influenced by his close friendship with the renowned Cuban painters Hugo Consuega and Tapia Ruano, but over the years he has developed his own and unique style of painting.' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Juan T. Vázquez Martín」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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