Servando Cabrera

SERVANDO CABRERA MORENO (Havana, 1923 - 1981).
"Guajiro Face", 1981.
Oil on canvas.
It presents damages in the frame.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner, signed, dated and titled on the back.
Measurements: 65 x 53,5 cm; 89,5 x 78,5 cm (frame).

In this work we can observe a portrait, where the author presents us a man whose features are not precise but the author causes some anatomical distortion, with the intention of enhancing the psychological capture of the scene. The protagonist of the work looks directly at the viewer, adopting a direct and proud gesture regarding his relationship with the viewer.
A prolific Cuban painter, Servando Cabrera trained at the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts in Havana, graduating in 1942, two years after his debut at the city's Fine Arts Salon. In 1943 he held his first individual exhibition at the Liceum in Havana, and since then he has been present in the halls and salons of the Cuban capital. In 1946 he traveled to the United States and studied at the Arts Students League of New York, becoming involved in the world of theater and costume and set design. Three years later he made a trip to Europe, where he attended the Grande Chaumière Academy in Paris. During these years he exhibited his work in Spain and France, and before returning to Cuba he visited Mexico and Central America. His painting was integrated into the revolutionary art on his return to Cuba, although from the mid-sixties he would return to the abstract experiments he had begun decades earlier under the influence of cubism, this time with a clear influence of American expressionism. Nevertheless, his painting never stopped evolving. Throughout his life, Cabrera held more than a hundred exhibitions, twenty of them solo exhibitions, both in America and Europe. He is currently represented at the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona, the Veranneman in Belgium, the National Gallery of Sofia in Bulgaria, the ICAIC in Havana, the UN in New York, the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana and other prominent public and private collections.