[Art-Montmartre.com] The artists : Lorenzo Padillia Diaz

Lorenzo Padillia Diaz

Born on the 18th September in Mantanzas in Cuba he took his first painting lessons at the age of ten at Tarasca Academy in Mantanzas.
A few years later he entered the Fine Art school where he completed his studies in 1957 with a diploma which permitted him to teach drawing and painting.
1952 First exhibition held in Mantanzas.
1951 - 1958 Wins several fine art awards.
1959 Awarded a bursary by the Cuban government to study Flemish primitive art at the Prado in Madrid.
1961 Settles in Paris.

Painting

A non-figurative style which combines form and colour in dynamic movement,
the painting is equally figurative and literal, showing the faces of very authentic, frightening characters which he is able to make compelling.

Exhibitions

1950 – Thirty second salon, exhibition at the circle of Fine arts in Havana
1953 - 5th National salon, exhibition (Havana)
1954 - IIme Biennial Spanish-American (Havana)
1956 - Seventh National exhibition (Havana)
1958 - Thirty ninth salon, Fine Arts exhibition at the circle Fine Arts in Havana
1962-1966 - Salon des Indépendants at the Grand Palais in Paris
1962-1966 - Latin countries exhibition at the Museum of Modern art in Paris
1963 - Fourth salon exhibition of Juvisy on Barley
1963-1964 - Exhibition at Bucherie Workshop, Museum of Modern art of Paris
1980-1985 - Salon exhibition ÒYoungArtists’ Painting - New ExpressionÓ in Paris
1982-1989 - Exhibition of Mantes La Jolie
1974 - Fifteenth International Salon, exhibition, Paris-South
1981-1991 - Exhibition at the Biennial of the National Company of the Fine Arts in Paris
1995 - Salon exhibition Roisseen
1995 - Fourth Salon de Printemps exhibition in Bussy St Marti