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Havana In The 1940S
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This chapter discusses the important institutions and figures that promoted modern art and culture in the early 1940s, including the Lyceum, Hispanocubana de cultura, Galería del Prado and the Dirección de cultura. In addition, it highlights the intellectuals and artists of the Orígenes group. It also discusses the foreigners visiting Havana, including curator Alfred H. Barr, Jr., art dealer Pierre Loeb, as well as artists George McNeil and David Alfaro Siqueiros and others.
Title: Havana In The 1940S
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This chapter discusses the important institutions and figures that promoted modern art and culture in the early 1940s, including the Lyceum, Hispanocubana de cultura, Galería del Prado and the Dirección de cultura.
In addition, it highlights the intellectuals and artists of the Orígenes group.
It also discusses the foreigners visiting Havana, including curator Alfred H.
Barr, Jr.
, art dealer Pierre Loeb, as well as artists George McNeil and David Alfaro Siqueiros and others.
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