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GFDD, FUNGLODE and the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Pay Special Homage to Dominican Painter Tito Cánepa
April 3, 2008
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) along with the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute at City College will pay special homage to New York Dominican painter Tito Cánepa.
These institutions have organized the exhibition, “Tito Cánepa: 60 Years of Dominican Painting in the United
States,” and a panel discussion made up of experts who will discuss Mr. Cánepa’s work. The panel will include, among others, León David, Cuban poet, essayists and literary critic, Daniel de los Santos, Dominican social science researcher, and special guest, Eric Cánepa, the artist’s son.
About the Artist
Tito Enrique Cánepa
Jiménez, born in 1916 in San Pedro de Macorís – southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, traveled to New York as a young man in the late 1930s where he became a consummate painter, where he remained for the rest of his life without ever losing his sense of “Dominicanness.”
At a young age, Cánepa became involved in rebellious activities against the military dictatorship of Trujillo. For
that reason, his family decided to send him to Puerto Rico then later to New York City. Once in New York, memories of his childhood in his country would provide a constant source of inspiration for the artist, who would later in New York discover his vocation of painting. Tito Cánepa became a committed artist whose humanistic curiosity encouraged him to absorb the multitude of 20th century aesthetics and vibrant intellectual currents in the city while also intensely studying
Western classical art.
In 1943 Dominican art critic Rafael Díaz Niese referred to Tito Cánepa, Jaime Colson and Darío Suro as the three most accomplished Dominican painters. Edward J. Sullivan, North American art historian and critic, places Cánepa among the second generation of Latin America modernists who came into their own during the 1930’s and 1940s.
According to
specialists who study his life and art, Tito Cánepa became an exemplary Dominican artist whose love for aesthetics went hand in hand with his intense social commitment as a Dominican patriot and citizen of the world.
See complete biography
These institutions have organized the exhibition, “Tito Cánepa: 60 Years of Dominican Painting in the United
States,” and a panel discussion made up of experts who will discuss Mr. Cánepa’s work. The panel will include, among others, León David, Cuban poet, essayists and literary critic, Daniel de los Santos, Dominican social science researcher, and special guest, Eric Cánepa, the artist’s son.
About the Artist
Tito Enrique Cánepa
Jiménez, born in 1916 in San Pedro de Macorís – southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, traveled to New York as a young man in the late 1930s where he became a consummate painter, where he remained for the rest of his life without ever losing his sense of “Dominicanness.”
At a young age, Cánepa became involved in rebellious activities against the military dictatorship of Trujillo. For
that reason, his family decided to send him to Puerto Rico then later to New York City. Once in New York, memories of his childhood in his country would provide a constant source of inspiration for the artist, who would later in New York discover his vocation of painting. Tito Cánepa became a committed artist whose humanistic curiosity encouraged him to absorb the multitude of 20th century aesthetics and vibrant intellectual currents in the city while also intensely studying
Western classical art.
In 1943 Dominican art critic Rafael Díaz Niese referred to Tito Cánepa, Jaime Colson and Darío Suro as the three most accomplished Dominican painters. Edward J. Sullivan, North American art historian and critic, places Cánepa among the second generation of Latin America modernists who came into their own during the 1930’s and 1940s.
According to
specialists who study his life and art, Tito Cánepa became an exemplary Dominican artist whose love for aesthetics went hand in hand with his intense social commitment as a Dominican patriot and citizen of the world.
See complete biography
Panel and exhibition opening: April
16, 2008
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: FUNGLODE Headquarters
R.S.V.P.: (809) 685-9966, ext. 2447
16, 2008
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: FUNGLODE Headquarters
R.S.V.P.: (809) 685-9966, ext. 2447
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