José Ángel Rosabal Fajardo

'José Ángel Rosabal Fajardo', was born in Manzanillo, Cuba, in August 1935. He works in painting, drawing, engraving and even table design. He was part of the group Diez Pintores Concretos.

Individual exhibitions

He has had many exhibitions of his pieces. The first one was in 1959 named "Exposición Rosabal". Galería del Prado, Havana, Cuba. In 1972 he exhibited his works at the Oller Gallery, New York City, U.S.

Collective Exhibition

He was part of the group selected to participate in the Segunda Bienal Interamericana de México. Palacio de Bellas Artes, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, D.F.,

México, 1960. He was also a participant in the Third Latinamerican Engraving Contest celebrated at the Galería Latinoamericana, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba, in 1964. A year later he was in the Second American Engraving Biennial . Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile

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Awards

He got a mention in the Third Latinamerican Engraving Contest, Galería Latinoamericana, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba in 1964, and other prizes and honors in the same institution.

Collections

His works can be found among others in the

Casa de las Américas (Havana), the Pérez Art Museum Miami

, Florida, and in the Taller Experimental de Gráfica (TEG), in Havana, Cuba.

References

Pintores Cubanos, Editors Vicente Baez, Virilio Pinera, Calvert Casey, and Anton Arrufat; Ediciones Revolucion, Havana, Cuba 1962 (in Spanish)

Jose Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca; Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century; (California/International Arts Foundation 2001);
ISBN 978-0-917571-11-4

Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004);
ISBN 978-0-917571-12-1
(in Spanish)