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René Portocarrero
(Cuban artist, 1912-1985).

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2021-11-01

Cuban painter René Portocarrero whose paintings
depicted the tropical environs and women of Havana. He was directly influenced by the work of the Surrealist painter Wifredo Lam.

Santa Barbara, 1962

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2020-12-09

La marquesa de Villafranca pintando a su marido,1804
María Tomasa Palafox y Portocarrero, quien el año siguiente será nombrada académica de mérito de la Real Academia de Bellas, aparece pintando un cuadro de su marido y la actitud con que la representa Francisco de

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2020-02-18

I'm a little bit suspicious of Spanish claims she was royalty. I find it too close to "Magic Indian" rationals for smart & capable Indigenous people. I'll tell Diaz's "princess" story in my endnotes, but won't outright declare such in the story itself. I have Portocarrero saying:

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2019-10-03