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Fidelio Ponce de Leon

Fidelio Ponce de Leon (1895 - 1949) was active/lived in Cuba.  Fidelio Ponce de Leon is known for Avant-garde painting of impoverished children, landscape.

Fidelio Ponce de León was the pseudonym of Alfredo Fuentes Pons, a Cuban painter. A native of Camagüey, he studied at the San Alejandro Academy in Havana from 1913 until 1918. Along with Antonio Gattorno, Victor Manuel, Amelia Peláez, and Wifredo Lam, he is considered part of the "Vanguardia" movement in Cuban art; however, unlike many of his contemporaries he never studied in Europe, and so had comparatively little contact with European modernism.

Nevertheless, he listed among his influences Amedeo Modigliani, along with El Greco, Rembrandt, and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. His paintings are also reminiscent of those of Edvard Munch. Later in life Ponce de León contracted tuberculosis; he died in Havana on 19 February 1949.The Museum of Modern Art is among the museums containing examples of his work.

Fidelio Ponce de León's style was one of the most singular styles and iconography of his generation. His paintings such as La Familia ("The Family") and Niños (   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1758 characters.]  Artist bio

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