Bidspirit auction | Jose Marie Mijares Fernandez (1921

Jose Marie Mijares Fernandez (1921 - 2004) - Jose Marie Mijares Fernandez , Oil and acrylic on Canvas , Signed and dated 1985 , measures 46.5 x 60 ose Maria Mijares Fernandez was born in Havana, in 1921, in the neighborhood of Santos Surez. He took up drawing as an adolescent and, in 1936, at the age of 16, he entered the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts in Havana on a scholarship. His influences there where of the painters of the ”Havana School” including his professors Ponce, Romañach, Menocal, Valderrama, Ramon Loy, and Caravia. Mijares himself credits one of his most influencial professors, Ponce, with helping him develop his own style of expression. After finishing his academic studies and with a solid professional foundation, he painted prolifically in a figurative style throughout the 1940s. His first major exhibition was in Havana in 1944 that the Capitol Building. There, he won second prize with a painting titled La Alameda, The Boulevard. Condition: Good Condition