Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

Thanks to the work of Professor Walt Dehner, the Carnegie Corporation, through its secretary Robert Lester, donated a valuable collection of books, 1,800 reproductions of artworks, and equipment for teaching art to the Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR [...]

Six different writers and artists from Puerto Rico provide their view of an exhibition of Walt Dehner’s work and of his production in general. In “Dominio de la técnica y multiplicidad de estilos” [Mastery of Technique and Multiplicity of [...]

Puerto Rican writer Gustavo Agrait comments that the Universidad de Puerto Rico has always tried to sponsor events that could broaden the cultural horizons of the island. The exhibition of work by Catalan artists, held April 2–9, 1933, included [...]

Puerto Rican poet René Goldman Trujillo writes a review of the exhibition, Black and White Show of Modern Art, sponsored by the College Art Association. The artworks displayed in this show included drawings and prints by Stuart Davis, George Biddle [...]

Puerto Rican professor Rafael Rivera Otero notes that Puerto Rico does not have any art museums, exhibitions of paintings, or art critics. This situation gives rise to an urgent need to create suitable facilities for both the study and appreciation [...]

Puerto Rican educator Dr. Margot Arce believed that the watercolors by Walt Dehner, a U.S. artist based in Puerto Rico, were examples of modern art, both in technique and use of color. The watercolors referred to by Dr. Arce were shown at the Segunda [...]

Gildo Massó, the acting chancellor of the Universidad de Puerto Rico, wrote these brief comments about two exhibitions organized at UPR’s Escuela de Artes y Oficios [School of Arts and Crafts] and sponsored by the Club de Mujeres de la Facultad [ [...]

In this short review, the U.S. poet and educator, Muna Lee de Muñoz Marín, comments on the art exhibitions held at the Universidad de Puerto Rico from 1929 to 1938. She thanks Walter Dehner, the professor and artist who planned and organized the [...]

Painter and professor Walt Dehner presents a catalogue of the works and artists in the Tercera Exposición de arte puertorriqueño (Third Exhibition of Puerto Rican Art), held at the assembly hall of the Universidad de Puerto Rico, from December 10 [...]

In this lecture, Puerto Rican educator and writer Margot Arce states that one of the obligations of the Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) is to stimulate and communicate Puerto Rican culture. She asserts that one of the areas that most needs attention [...]

North American educator Muna Lee de Muñoz Marín comments on the prizes awarded at the Tercera Exposición de Arte Puertorriqueño, organized by Walt Dehner, and held at the Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) from December 10 to 17, 1933. The writer [...]

This catalogue provides a list of the artists and works presented at the Primera Exposición Independiente de Arte Puertorriqueño [First Independent Exhibition of Puerto Rican Art], organized by Walter Dehner, a North American artist who lived in [...]

In this lecture given on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition Primera Exposición Independiente de Arte Puertorriqueño [First Independent Exhibition of Puerto Rican Art], Puerto Rican educator Concha Meléndez asserts that this is the tenth [...]

This is the catalogue of the works North American artist Walt Dehner presented at the Universidad de Puerto Rico’s Janer Building from November 1–21, 1937. The exhibition consisted of watercolors made in Puerto Rico, the Lesser Antilles, Ilha da [...]

This document is a lecture was given by Puerto Rican educator Concha Meléndez at the opening of Walt Dehner’s exhibition at the Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR). Meléndez provides biographical information about the artist, including where he [...]