Juan Martinez Collection, bulk 1955-2013

Summary

Extent:

2.00 boxes

Language:

English Spanish; Castilian

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains artistic catalogues from various Latin American and Caribbean artists such as Leonardo Acosta, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Ricardo Benaim, and Margarita Cano. With so many artists and artistic works accumulated, the Juan Martinez Collection helps portray the vast diversity of different artists across the Americas.

Biographical / historical:

Juan Martínez is a professor and an art historian specializing in European and Cuban modern art at Florida International University. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Art History from Florida State University and his B.A. in Art History from the University of Florida. Besides being an expert in art history, he is the author of Cuban Art & National Identity: The Vanguardia Painters, 1927–1950, María Brito, and Carlos Enríquez: The Painter of Cuban Ballads. Dr. Martínez has also published numerous book chapters and essays in exhibition catalogues. He recently curated the exhibit, Cuban Art & Identity: 1900–1950, at the Vero Beach Museum of Art on October 24, 2013.

Acquisition information:

Donation

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Rights: In copyright. Standardized rights statement: https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/

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Location of this collection:

FIU Special Collections

Florida International University

11200 SW 8th Street

Miami

FL

33199

USA

Contact:

https://specialcollections.fiu.edu/