Enrique Gay García

Enrique Gay García
Born	1928 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Died	November 17, 2015 Miami, Florida, United States
Education	Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, University of Perugia
Occupation	Visual artist
Known for	Painting, printmaking, sculpture

Enrique Gay García (1928–2015) was a Cuban-born American visual artist.[1] He worked in abstract expressionist painting and bronze sculpture.

Biography

Enrique Gay García was born in 1928, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.[2][3] Gay García graduated in 1953 from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro in Havana.[4] He also studied at Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico City, Art Institute of Venice, and the University of Perugia in Perugia, Italy.[3][5]

Gay García's artwork has been displayed in galleries at Miami Dade College in Miami;[6] the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City;[4] Havana; Washington, D.C.; and the San Carlos Institute in Key West, Florida.[4] He participated in the São Paulo Art Biennial VI (1959) and VII (1963).[5]

Gay García's work is included in museum and public collections, including the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami; the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana; the Museum of Contemporary Latin American Art in Washington, D.C.; the Miami-Dade Public Library; and the Vermont Academy.[7]

Gay García died at age 87 on November 17, 2015, after suffering from respiratory and cardiac problems for a few days prior.[4][5]

See also

• List of Cuban artists

References

1. Sicre, José Gómez (1987). "Enrique Gay García". Art of Cuba in Exile. Editora Munder. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-0-89729-467-6.
2. Ruiz-Ramón, Astrid (1987). Recent Developments in Latin American Drawing: The Art Institute of Chicago, July 18 to September 27. Image Publications. p. 27 – via Google Books.
3. Museum of Modern Art of Latin America (1985). Museum of Modern Art of Latin America: Selections from the Permanent Collection. General Secretariat, Organization of American States. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8270-2142-6.
4. "Fallece en Miami el escultor y pintor cubano Enrique Gay García". Diario las Américas (in Spanish). November 22, 2017. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
5. "Gay García, Enrique". Cintas Foundation. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
6. "Homenaje a la obra del artista Enrique Gay García". Diario las Américas (in Spanish). November 24, 2017. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
7. "Falleció el pintor y escultor Enrique Gay García". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). November 18, 2015. ISSN 2688-8785.