Rene Portocarrero,Born in the neighborhood of El Cerro, Havana, in 1912. He began painting from an

Rene Portocarrero,Born in the neighborhood of El Cerro, Havana, in 1912. He began painting from an early age and at 14, he entered the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts. Having a strong temperament and unable to adapt to this apprenticeship, he left the institution and started working on his own. His work was first exhibited at the Salon of Fine Arts in Havana. Portocarrero was a professor at the Free Institute of Painting and Sculpture directed by Eduardo Abela in 1939. The artist traveled through Haiti, Europe and the US, where he opened an exhibition at the Julian Levy Gallery, in New York, in 1945. He also worked on many murals and ceramics. Water Color on Hard Cardboard,Certificate of Authenticity,size:19.5"h x 25.5"w,Provenance: private collector .A Certificate Accompanies this lot.