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Dominican Artists and Painters

Dominican Artists and Painters: a short list of some notable artists and painters from the Dominican Republic:

Jaime Colson (1901 - 1975) was a modernist painter from the Dominican Republic. Born in San Felipe de Puerto Plata, he studied first in Spain, in Madrid and Barcelona, before moving to Paris and becoming accepted by the Cubists. He moved again, in 1934, to Mexico, where he taught for a time before returning to the Dominican Republic in 1938. Colson's style was influenced by purism and Surrealism, with a dose of Pablo Picasso's classicism as well. Besides exhibiting as a painter he was active as a teacher; among his pupils was the Cuban modernist Mario Carreño Morales.

Paul Giudicelli (1921 - 1965) was an abstract painter from the Dominican Republic. A native of San Pedro de Macorís, he initially entered the University of Santo Domingo to study philosophy, but he switched to the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes the following year. In 1953 he held his first exhibition, at the Galería Nacional de Bellas Artes. He later became a teacher. Giudicelli died in Santo Domingo in 1965.

Aurelio Grisanty (1949 - ) Aurelio "Rail" Grisanty, is a Dominican-born American painter, graphic artist, muralist, set and costume designer, entreprene

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The story of art in the Dominican Republic began as it did throughout the rest of the world. Meaning that, we don't know how or when art actually began in this Caribbean region. To gain a better understanding of this history, the timeline of Dominican art can be divided into three main stages, or eras:

Art created by the Taino people, the pre - colonial times (4000 bce - 1492).
Art created during the euro - colonial times (1492 - 1844).
Art created after the birth of the republic, Dominican Independence (1844 - present).

“Realmente no existe el arte. Solo hay artistas.” —E.H Gombrich, La Historia del Arte (1950)

The latter stage beginning in 1844, can be further broken down into the generations of artists that have created art at one point in time, and their influence on what today we consider to be Dominican art–or art made by individuals born or descendent to the Dominican Republic. Decades before the formation of the Dominican Republic (independence, 1844), some native inhabitants were creating and making a living from art. However, records may not survive, or in the case of Francisco Velásquez and Diego José Hilaris, records kept are poor and confirmation is not possible. In the case of Francisc