Conrado Walter Massaguer | |
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Public Relations Director of the Cuban Institute of Tourism | |
In office 1952–1960 | |
President | |
Creator and Publisher of Carteles Magazine | |
In office 1919–1953 | |
Succeeded by | Miguel Ángel Quevedo |
Personal details | |
Born | March 3, 1889 Cárdenas, Cuba |
Died | October 18, 1965 Havana |
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Nickname | El César de la Caricatura |
Conrado Walter Massaguer y Diaz was a Cuban artist, political satirist, and magazine publisher.[1][2][3][4] He is considered a student of the Art Nouveau.[5] He was the first caricaturist in the world to broadcast his art on television.[5] He was first caricaturist to exhibit on Fifth Avenue.[5] He was the first caricaturist in the world to exhibit his caricatures on wood.[5] He, and his brother Oscar, were the first magazine publishers in the world to use photolithographic printing.[5][6]
He created the magazine Social with his brother Oscar to showcase Cuban artistic talent. The duo later created the magazine Carteles, which became for a period the most popular magazine in Cuba, which was purchased by Miguel Ángel Quevedo in 1953.
In his life, he met and drew caricatures of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Walt Disney, Albert Einstein, the King of Spain, and many others.[7] In sum total, he was the author of more than 28 thousand caricatures and drawings.[8] Ernest Hemingway once had to refrain himself from punching Massaguer in the face after the artist drew an unflattering caricature of him.[5] The dictator Gerardo Machado, however, did not punch Massaguer for his own unflattering caricature - he had the artist deported.
He was one of the most internationally renowned Cuban artists of his day, and his art is still regularly featured in galleries across the Western Hemisphere and Europe.[1]
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