Armando R. Maribona Y Pujol

Place: Havana

Born: 1894

Death: 1964

Biography:

Armando Maribona was a Cuban painter, professor, entrepreneur, writer, caricaturist, and public official. He was born on June 23, 1894, in Havana, Cuba, and died in 1964. Maribona was a versatile artist who excelled in various fields. He was a painter and cartoonist, but he also worked as a journalist, writer, teacher, critic, editor, and correspondent for several Cuban and foreign publications. His caricatures, which reflect delicacy, humor, and satire, are kept in museums and private collections around the world. Maribona was also a writer who published several novels, critiques, and articles, including a book about the life of several Hispanic artists who lived in Montparnasse between 1923 and 1930. His art synthesizes his experiences as a determined artist, linking abstract expressionism in Cuba, the United States, and Europe.