Antonio VIDAL
1928, Cuba
Also known as: Vidal Fernández
Antonio Vidal Fernández was a Cuban artist. He was active in the fields of painting, drawing, engraving, graphic design, and sculpture. Between 1953 and 1955 he was a member of the Grupo "Los Once", Havana. In 1962 he was a founding member of the Taller Experimental de Gráfica de La Habana (TEG), Havana.
His work has been viewed at more than 100 solo exhibitions and a similar quantity of group exhibits, they are placed at the headquarters of Council State of Cuban Republic, Diplomatic Representations of Cuba and abroad and private and state collections from different countries.
Main Exhibits
''The eleven painters and Sculptors''(Lyceum of Havana, 1953); Eleven, Circle of Fine Arts Museum ( Havana, 1953); Contra Biennial of Havana (Havana, 1955); Contemporary Cuban Group, Sudamerican Gallery (New York, EUA, 1955); Cuban Abstract Painting, Sardio Gallery (Caracas, Venezuela, 1957); National Salon, National Fine Arts Museum( Havana, 1959); II Biennial of Mexico, Pabellón Cuba (Mexico, 1960); National Salon, National Fine Arts Museum (Havana, 1960); First Congress of Artists and Writers of Cuba, National Fine Arts Museum (Havana, 1961); VI Biennial of Sao Paulo (Brazil, 1961); National Salon, National Fine Arts Museum (Havana, 1962); I International Biennial of Cracovia (Poland, 1966); V International Biennial of Engrave from Tokyo (Japan 1968); Cuban Lithography , La Habana Gallery (Cuba, 1967); May Salon (Pabellón Cuba, 1970); Antonio Vidal, Paintings, La Acacia Gallery (Havana, Cuba, 1991); Universal Exposition of Seville, Pabellón of Cuba (Spain, 1992); Cuban Art Fair (Madrid, 1992); Antonio Vidal, 40 years of Plastic, Galiano Gallery (Havana, Cuba, 1993); Today Vision of the Cuban Culture, Santiago de Chile (Chile, 1994); Homage to the Cuban Culture, Center of Conventions (Lima, Peru, 1994); Painting of Silence, La Acacia Gallery (Havana, Cuba, 1997); Guido Llinás and Los Once after Cuba; The Art Museum at Florida International University (Miami, EUA, 1997).
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