The painter José García Guerrero passed away in Barcelona exactly 30 years ago. He was an artist from Granada who would end up traveling to New York and obtaining U.S. citizenship. #RespectHispanicHeritage
Painting by @centro_guerrero.
José Guerrero became interested in art while working in a carpentry workshop, so he entered the School of Arts and Crafts in Granada in 1931, at the age of 17. After his time in the Civil War, he went to study in Madrid at the @rabasf. #RespectHispanicHeritage.
📸: Carlos Delgado
Guerrero left Madrid after finishing his studies to seek inspiration in Europe: in Paris, he studied the works of Picasso and Matisse and in Rome, he met his wife Roxanne, a journalist for Life magazine. #RespectHispanicHeritage
Picture: @museoreinasofia
In 1949, encouraged by his wife, he moved to New York. Once there, he fell in love with the city's art movement, the works of Jackson Pollock being of particular inspiration for him. #RespectHispanicHeritage
Artwork by the @caac_sevilla.
Guerrero's art began to gain relevance in the country starting in 1954, after an exhibition alongside Joan Miró at the @artsclubchicago. From that moment on, his works would be presented in museums such as the @Guggenheim, the @brooklynmuseum or the @whitneymuseum.
Guerrero returned to Spain in 1965, after suffering a personal crisis, and, since then, alternated extended stays between the two countries. His art evolved with the development of his time, increasingly abandoning figurativism for abstraction. #RespectHispanicHeritage
José Guerrero joins the list of Spanish artists who have a space in New York, promoting Hispanic art in the US, as many others do in the @HSAmuseum . hispaniccouncil.org/117-anos-de-la…
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#TalDíaComoHoy, un 25 de diciembre de 1526, Carlos I de España encomendó a Pánfilo de Narváez el asentamiento de las tierras de Florida, descubiertas por Ponce de León. Esto daría pie a una de las mayores epopeyas de la exploración Hispana. #RespectHispanicHeritage
El viaje de Pánfilo de Narváez fue un desastre de principio a fin. En cada puerto en el que atracó antes de llegar a Florida, se le sublevó parte de la tripulación. Y una vez allí, se tuvieron que enfrentar a la hostilidad de los nativos. #RespectHispanicHeritage
Por si esto fuera poco, las inclemencias del tiempo también acabaron con sus barcos, por lo que, huyendo de los nativos, se embarcaron en unos botes improvisados y, finalmente, naufragaron en la isla de Galveston (Texas). #RespectHispanicHeritage
Tomás de la Cerda y Aragón was born in Serranía de Guadalajara, on a day ike today,
back in 1638. He was the third Marquis of La Laguna and the Viceroy of New Spain between 1680 and 1686. #RespectHispanicHeritage
During those years, the government of New Spain was not easy. De la Cerda faced an Indian uprising in New Mexico, French privateers in Veracruz and the Gallic advance on the territory of Texas. #RespectHispanicHeritage
Nonetheless, the viceroy also allocated part of the resources at hand to encourage the exploration of new territories. Specifically, he sent a missionary expedition to what he thought was an island called California. #RespectHispanicHeritage
#TalDíaComoHoy, en 1638, en Serranía de Guadalajara, nació Tomás de la Cerda y Aragón, que fue tercer marqués de la Laguna y virrey de Nueva España entre 1680 y 1686. #RespectHispanicHeritage
Durante estos años, el gobierno de Nueva España no fue fácil. De la Cerda hizo frente a la sublevación de los indios en Nuevo México, a los corsarios franceses en Veracruz y al avance galo sobre el territorio de Texas. #RespectHispanicHeritage
Con todo, el virrey también destinó parte de los recursos que tenía a mano para fomentar la exploración de nuevos territorios. En concreto, envió una expedición misionera a lo que pensaba que era una isla llamada California. #RespectHispanicHeritage
#TalDíaComoHoy, hace 30 años, falleció en Barcelona el pintor granadino José García Guerrero, que acabó viajando a Nueva York y obteniendo la ciudadanía estadounidense. #RespectHispanicHeritage
Cuadro del @centro_guerrero.
José Guerrero se interesó por el arte trabajando en un taller de carpintería, por lo que ingresó en la escuela de Artes y Oficios de Granada en 1931, con 17 años. Tras su paso por la Guerra Civil, fue a estudiar a Madrid en la @rabasf. #RespectHispanicHeritage
📸: Carlos Delgado.
3.Guerrero abandonó Madrid al acabar sus estudios para buscar inspiración en Europa: en París, estudió las obras de Picasso y de Matisse y en Roma, conoció a su mujer Roxanne, periodista de la revista Life. #RespectHispanicHeritage
Cuadro: @museoreinasofia
On a day like today, December 22nd, 1959, the first official visit of a @POTUS to Spain came to an end. That year, Dwight D. Eisenhower paid a brief visit to Spain. #RespectHispanicHeritage
Photo by @UAHes
The visit took place after the signing of the Madrid Pacts of 1953, in which both countries agreed to military collaboration whereby Spain ceded the use of its air bases in Zaragoza, Torrejón de Ardoz, Morón and the naval base at Rota (@NAVSTA_Rota). #RespectHispanicHeritage
Eisenhower's visit was the first of nine by U.S. presidents to Spain, many of them related to military collaboration between the two countries under @NATO. #RespectHispanicHeritage
On a day like today, November 19, 1493, Christopher Columbus arrived at an island he named San Juan, in honor of the prince of Asturias, Juan de Aragón. However, that name was kept by the capital of what is now known as Puerto Rico. #RespectHispanicHeritage
The island's history would soon be tied to that of Juan Ponce de León, who explored it, began its population with Spaniards and became the territory's first governor. #RespectHispanicHeritage
Ponce de León established the capital in Caparra, in the interior of present-day Puerto Rico. Despite his opposition, in 1516 the capital of the governorship was moved to the historic center of the city of San Juan, a location that remains today. #RespectHispanicHeritage