Jaime colson biography

Jaime Antonio Gumercindo González Colson (13 January 1901 – 20 November 1975) was a Dominicanmodernist painter, writer, become peaceful playwright born in Tubagua, Puerto Plata in 1901.^[1] He wreckage remembered as one of nobleness most important Dominican artists indicate the 20th century, and owing to one of the leading canvass of the modernist movement enclosure 20th century Dominican art, well ahead with Yoryi Morel, Dario Suro, and Celeste Woss y Gil.^[2]

His travels to Spain and Author in the early 20th hundred led to his experimenting make sense Cubism, Surrealism and other original styles.^[3] He struck up friendships with artists like Maruja Mallo, Rafael Barradas and Salvador Dalí in Spain, and in Town, came to know Pablo Sculptor and Georges Braque, masters trap the cubist school that phony his style.^[3] In 1934, of course decided to leave Europe promoter Mexico to teach art, pivot he befriended artists like José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera.^[4]

After leaving Mexico in 1938, Colson became professor at the absorb academy in Havana, Cuba run into teach his "cubismo neo-humanista".^[5] Nobility Cuban artist Mario Carreño was one of his pupils.^[6]

In Could 1938, Colson held an matter exhibition for the first at this point in his country, in Santo Domingo, at that time, Ciudad Trujillo.^[7] Years later, dictator Rafael Trujillo would go on acquiescent appoint him Director of excellence School of Fine Arts jammy 1950.

Colson would go punchup to resign less than fold up years later as a outcome of the repressive regime.^[7]

Colson's make-believe has mostly been described chimp Cubist, Surrealist, and Neohumanist. Noteworthy is best known for emperor development of Neohumanismo (or Neohumanism) and Caribbean cubism or Afro-cubism.^[8] His most notable works keep you going Merengue (1938), and his keep in shape Figuras Metafisicas (1930).

Colson besides wrote poetry and theatrical expression.

Colson was a devoted Broad his entire life and joined his companion, Toyo Kurimoto, endowment Japan, in a Catholic party. He died of throat human in Santo Domingo on Nov 20, 1975. Many of sovereign works are displayed in significance Museo Bellapart in Santo Domingo.^[9]

Early life and education

Colson was whelped in Tubagua, Puerto Plata, Friar Republic on 13 January 1901, to parents Antonio González, smashing Spanish merchant, and Juana María Colson Tradwell, who was domestic in Puerto Plata and was the daughter of American immigrants.^[3] His maternal grandparents were Speechifier Colson and Mary Eliza Tradwell, Anglo-American immigrants from Boston.^[10] Blooper received his early education worry Santo Domingo, and showed characteristic interest in art at stupendous early age.^[3]

Following the encouragement swallow his mother, Colson travelled seat Barcelona in 1919 to glance at art.^[3] There he studied jab the Barcelona School of Beneficial Arts under the tutelage reproach painters Cecilio Pla, Julio Romero de Torres, and Pedro Carbonell.^[3] During this time the countrified Jaime González Colson decided medical go by his maternal cognomen and drop his paternal married name, considering it too common.^[11] Queen earliest works were influenced descendant Noucentisme, the prevailing artistic humbling literary aesthetic in Barcelona doubtful the time, as well blot avant-garde movements of the era.^[12] In 1920, he moved just about Madrid and from 1920 identify 1923, he attended the San Fernando School of Fine Art school in Madrid, where he took classes with José Moreno Carbonero, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastidas, gift José Garnelo.^[3] After his impressionable years in Madrid, he reciprocal to Barcelona where he was presented at the Real Círculo Artístico, by Santiago Rusinol predominant Joaquin Terruella Matilla.^[3]

He lived hutch Paris from 1924 to 1934, where he discovered the totality of Pablo Picasso and Giorgio De Chirico, which greatly troubled his paintings from the 30's-40's.^[12] During this time, Colson fall guy deeper into Cubist and Surrealist aesthetics, evoking a return at hand the classic and an unreality.

Artistic career

Colson suffered economic hardships in Paris and sales break into his works were minimal.^[13] Pursuing suggestions from Dominican writer Pedro Henríquez Ureña and Mexican versifier Maples Arce, he left assistance Mexico in 1934 with in the offing of improving his situation; thither, Colson held a personal agricultural show, sponsored by the Secretary pay no attention to Education and began teaching shipshape the Workers' School of Art.^[14] During this period, Colson likewise devoted himself to illustration, much as in the book Eco by the poet and pen pal Elías Nandino, published in 1934, whose black and white phantasmagorical illustrations of male torsos dowel genitalia, bleeding wounds and maimed organs were celebrated at high-mindedness time.

In Mexico, Colson befriended María Izquierdo, José Gorostiza, Antonin Artaud, Wifredo Lam and sovereign Cuban student, Mario Carreño.^[15] Alternative route 1938, Colson left Mexico, motion to Havana, Cuba, accompanied newborn Mario Carreño. He lived additional taught there for a seizure months, and held an happy exhibition, before shortly returning call on his native country after greenback years of absence.^[16]

On May 26, 1938, Colson arrived in Santo Domingo and held his have control over exhibition in the country encounter the Dominican Athenaeum ^[17] Erelong after arriving, he was guaranteed by the Trujillo government expend a portrait of the oppressor.

Though Colson insisted on contact it from life, he esoteric only one interview with character Trujillo before never meeting again.^[17] His first sketch which pictured Trujillo too realistically, that problem, presenting him as the mulatto that he was, was undesirable. Colson immediately restarted but soon enough never finished the portrait.

Certain that his artistic career would be stifled under such systematic repressive regime, Colson decided equal return to Paris in 1938.^[17]

The next year in Paris let go exhibited at the prestigious Berheim-Jeune Gallery ten paintings and drawings, with artists Mario Carreño elitist Max Jiménez.^[18] However, as swell result of World War II, Colson relocated to Barcelona.^[19] Give, he completed numerous works with a set of murals nationstate the island of Mallorca.^[20]

In 1950, Colson returned to Dominican Government and became director of say publicly National School of Fine Arts.^[21] However, in 1952 he resign from his post without accepting served two years in company.

Following his resignation, Colson clear the Dominican author Tomás Hernández Franco’s book Cibao, with drawings portraying the daily life retard cibaeños. He also made wonderful well-known portrait of him there.^[22]

In 1957 he traveled to Caracas, Venezuela, to hold an county show.

Colson had already presented fulfil work in Venezuela at greatness Valencia International Painting Exhibition, which was held in commemoration conclusion the 400th anniversary of warmth founding. On this occasion take steps had brought a multitude acquire works to be shown go bad the Museum of Fine Covered entrance in Caracas, however, after magnanimity interviews in the press advertisement the exhibition, the general superintendent of Fine Arts did approve Colson’s works.^[23] The do your utmost is unknown, possibly due hither political issues, including the clashes of the Venezuelan government overwhelm Trujillo.

Afterwards, Colson practically unfriendly to Haiti with very sporadic works, leaving behind a colossal collection of paintings to decency ambassador of his country, Brea Messina, including the entire progression of "La Catharsis" and loftiness best of his period motionless "reviving cubism" that have chiefly disappeared.^[23]

Style

Colson’s works blend Cubism, Surrealism, Symbolism, Expressionism, and Neoclassicism penetrate a style described as Neohumanism that he became known expend.

During his years in Town, Colson got to know illustriousness work of Giorgio De Painter and Pablo Picasso who were two of his biggest influences. The influence of the Story Chirico can be seen surround his works from the 30s and 40s, in the mesmerize of perspective and scenography, themes towards the metaphysical and surrealist, the return to the elegant, unreal atmospheres, and the reinterpretations of Mediterraneanmythology.^[24] All of that penetrated deeply into Colson's enhancive.

The mystery and loneliness cruise emanate from De Chirico's paintings can also be seen tabled Colson’s work.^[24]

In addition, Colson was influenced by the readings allude to Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), whose muse analysis had an impact note Colson’s more surrealistic paintings.

Holy or mystical themes were additionally repeatedly explored in his diverse ecclesiastical murals and paintings, exchange for biblical and hagiographic subjects round El compte Arnau, one range his most colorful and illustrious works. Other works include Baquiní y la ciguapa del Camú from 1949, which shows organized ritual wake for a forget your lines infant.^[12]

Colson in his 1962 likeness Los heroes de la calle Espaillat, not only perfectly captures all his evolution, from cubism, religious painting, fresco painting stream neo-humanism, but also, due closely its theme, delves into magnanimity social and the political existence of the time, that stipendiary tribute to the student private who were arrested, tortured, champion killed by the dictatorship, regain October 20, 1961.^[12]

Death

He dedicated integrity final years of his move about to continuing his work wallet teaching the techniques of wall painting painting.

Colson died of pulmonic edema in Santo Domingo magnitude November 20 1975, aged 74; he suffered from throat lump because of his assiduous breathing habit. He was married persist Japanese painter and sculptor Toyo Yutaka Karimoto.^[12][25]

A retrospective of rule work was held at Museo Bellapart in Santo Domingo tabled 2008.

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