Luis Desangles

Luis Desangles Lubiles
Born
Luis Desangles Lubiles

8 February 1861
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Died13 April 1940
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Occupation(s)painter, educator, sculptor

Luis Desangles Lubiles (8 February 1861 – 13 April 1940) was a Dominican painter, sculptor, and educator born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Instructor to many of the great native artists of the era, Desangles is remembered as one of the forerunners of Dominican national art and initiators of the country's costumbrismo style.[1]

His artistic subjects range from portraits, pictorial daily life, religious iconography, historical depictions, naturalist landscapes, and still life. Many of his portraits are of influential political figures, such as Juan Pablo Duarte, Buenaventura Báez Méndez, Matías Ramón Mella, Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Gregorio Luperón, Ulises Francisco Espaillat, and Eugenio María de Hostos. He is also credited for painting many religious paintings and murals in cathedrals throughout Cuba, such as in Santiago de Cuba Cathedral and the Cathedral of San Salvador in Bayamo.[1][2]

In 1893, dictator Ulises Hereaux deemed Desangles a conspirator and exiled him from the country after his students painted public works of the leader hanged.[1][3] His travels after exile led him to Puerto Rico, New York City, and Cuba.[1] Some of the most recognizable names that studied under Desangles include Abelardo Rodríguez Urdaneta, Ramón Frade, Arturo Grullón, Leopoldo Navarro, Adolfo García Obregón, Manuel María Sanabia, Arquímedes de la Concha, Carlos Ramírez Guerra, and Francisco González Lamarche.[1][4]

In 1912, he was appointed director of the Municipal Academy of Fine Arts in San Cristóbal and in 1935 he became Head of the Provincial School of Painting in Santiago de Cuba.[2] In 1940, Desangles died due to complications from diabetes at the age of 79. In October 2018, a major retrospective of his work was presented at the Museo Bellapart in Santo Domingo.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Luis Desangles, Sisito (1861-1940)" (PDF). Museo Bellapart.
  2. ^ a b Patrimonio Cultural Santiago de Cuba. “ Obras plásticas de los artistas dominicanos, Luis Desangles Sebillí y Carlos Ramírez Guerra”. Youtube video. Aug 22, 2021.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UVR66UpeCts&t=91s
  3. ^ Danilo de los Santos. Memoria de la Pintura Dominicana. (Colección Centenario Grupo León Jimenes) 8v: il. Grupo León Jimenes. Santo Domingo, 2003. pg 180
  4. ^ Danilo de los Santos. Memoria de la Pintura Dominicana. (Colección Centenario Grupo León Jimenes) 8v: il. Grupo León Jimenes. Santo Domingo, 2003. pg 177
  5. ^ Listin Diario