Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this interview of Puerto Rican artist Elizam Escobar by journalist Leticia Cortez, the subjects discussed include politics and an overview of Escobar’s concepts as an artist and thinker. The interview also focuses on his time as a prisoner in a [...]

The journalist Sonia Cordero tells us that the mural commissioned by the Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) from the Mexican artist, Rufino Tamayo, was mounted in the General Library on the Rio Piedras Campus in 1957. Cordero mentions the materials [...]

The journalist Darío Carlo, from the Puerto Rican newspaper El mundo, interviews the American artist Rockwell Kent about the mural for the library at the Universidad de Puerto Rico that was to be painted by the Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo. Kent [...]

In this press release, North American poet and educator Muna Lee de Muñoz Marín announces the works that have been donated to the Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR), specifically a portrait of Juan José Osuna (interim rector of the UPR at the time) [...]

The Art Department of the Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR), directed by Walter Dehner, announces its intention to hold an exhibition of contemporary Peruvian art in the year 1938. The leading figures in the Peruvian “Indianist” movement at the [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [ [...]

The U.S. poet and educator, Muna Lee de Muñoz Marín, believes that the Exposición de Arte Puertorriqueño e Historia [Exhibition of Puerto Rican Art and History] held November 15–18, 1929, was an important event. Taking place in the residence of [...]

In the “Prologue” to his exhibition at the Museo de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (1973), the Puerto Rican artist Roberto Alberty dedicates the exhibition to women. In an “Explanatory Note,” Alberty explains that he has pursued a non- [...]

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 [...]

Franz Howanietz, a painter from Vienna who lived in Puerto Rico, comments on the exhibition of restored paintings from the collection that Federico Degetau donated to the Universidad de Puerto Rico; the exhibition opened on May 19, 1935. Howanietz, [...]

In this essay, North American educator and poet Muna Lee de Muñoz Marín discusses the restoration work and artistic career of Franz Howanietz, a Viennese painter who lived in Puerto Rico. In 1935, Howanietz restored paintings from the Degetau [...]

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 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 [...]