FAUSTO RAMOS
"DESPUES DEAL BANO"
WOOD, SIGNED
CUBA, DATED 1972
56.5 INCHES
PURCHASED IN 1997 DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST IN HAVANA, CUBA
Ramón Valdés Fausto
Pinar del Río, Novembre 28, 1911
Signature: Fausto Ramos
Sculptor draftsman painter and professor
Lived and worked in Havana
STUDIES:
1928 -1934 Graduated in sculpture, School of Plastic Arts, San Alejandro, La Habana
1937 Graduated in painting, School of Plastic Arts, San Alejandro, La Habana
1953 Graduated in industrial artistic carving, School of Arts and Crafts, La Habana
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
1945 - 1958 founder and director of the School of Plastic Arts of Pinar del Río.
1955 member of Punta Pinar del Rio group
1962 sculpture advisor, National Union of Education and Science, La Habana,
Director San Alejandro Plastic Arts School
1965- 1970 director of Clara Zetkin carving school, La Habana,
1979 member and advisor 10 de octubre group, La Habana,
Member, Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba UNEAC
Member, Cuban Association of Craftsmen and Artists ACAA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1984 The last blight 23 and 12 Art Center, Ministry of Culture, La Habana
1985 Wood carvings, Plaza Vieja Gallery, La Habana
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
1935 national exhibition of painting and sculpture, provincial college of architects., La Habana, February 15
1943/1945/1946/1952/1956/1965 Salon of Fine Arts Circle of Fine Arts, La Habana
1943 III Municipal Exposition of Painting and Sculpture Municipal Palace, La Habana December 29 to January 20, 1944
1944 first salon Juan Bautista Vermay, salons of the Paraíso residential company, La Habana February 18
1946 Juan Bautista Vermay Salon, Society of Industrialists of Cuba, La Habana October 22 to 29
1946 III National Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture Salon of the Lost Steps, National Capitol, La Habana March 2 -17
1955 Permanent hall of plastic arts of Cuba Palace of Fine Arts, La Habana July 22
1956 VIII National Salon of Painting and Sculpture Palace of Fine Arts, La Habana November 28 December 28
1957 Grupo Punta exhibits paintings and sculptures Pinar del Rio Women's Lyceum Pinar del Rio May 2- 15
1968 sculpture “100 years of struggle 1868-1968”, Galiano y Concordia art gallery, La Habana, October
1970 salon 70, National Museum, La Habana, July September
1973 competition July 26, 20th anniversary salon, National Museum, La Habana, August 30
1979 National Salon of Plastic Arts UNEAC 78, La Habana, January 7th
1979 collective workshop of plastic arts “10 de octubre”, La Habana, October
1982-1985 salon of the city provincial center of plastic arts and design, La Habana,
1983 the sculpture in the revolution National Museum, La Habana, August
1984 “the forest and the fire” exhibition of sculptors, gallery of stained glass and columns, Cuban fund of cultural goods, La Habana, February
1991 homage exhibition at the provincial center of arts, Pinar del Río, April
AWARDS:
1945 Honors mention 27th, Salon of Fine Arts, Fine Arts Circle, La Habana
1948 bronze medal 30th, Salon of Fine Arts, Fine Arts Circle, La Habana
1953 Mention in the Poster Contest, Second Hispano-American Biennial of Art, La Habana
1954 prize of 1000 pesos, VII National Salon of Fine Arts, Palace of Fine Arts, La Habana
1955 honorable mention, 36th Salon of Fine Arts, Fine Arts Circle, La Habana
1973 second prize San Alejandro, provincial salon of professors and art instructors, La Habana
1973 Honors mention, 26th of July contest, 20th anniversary salon of the National Museum, La Habana, August 30
BIBLIOGRAPHY :
A.S. “with the gouge and the burin”, Mujeres, 79-80pp, La Habana 1960? illustrations
Betancourt, Lino. “50 years to the blow of gouge and blade”; Friday of tribulation, La Habana, June 14, 1985.
Carmona Margarita. “My neighbor the artist”, Mujeres, La Habana, December 1984.
Salazar Alberto. “A very old man with huge hands”, Manos, volume 1 number 1 page 24 to 26, La Habana 1994 illustration.
Sanchez Hernandez Sonia. “If I were born again in circumstances similar to those I had, I would be a sculptor again”. Trabajadores, La Habana, October 3985 illustration
Sanchez Sanchez Juan.” The last blight”, Ministry of Culture, La Habana, 1984.
SCULPTURES:
Prayer, ca 1934
Woman kneeling, ca 1934
Plataneros, cast, ca 1942
Maternity, terracotta, ca 1943
Venus, terracotta, ca 1944
Modesty, terracotta, ca 1945
Woman with child, terracotta ca 1946
Woman, wood 1.22 x 0.25 x 0.25 m, ca 1951
West Indian Eve, sabicú ca 1955
Meditation, ebony ca 1956
Woman with arms raised, Naranjo ca 1956
Latin American guerrillero waiting, Júcaro 1973
Plant form, mangrove wood 1.25 x 0.15 x 0.15 m ca 1978
Gymnast, acana 74 x 9 cm ca 1982
Woman, Quiebrahacha wood, direct carving 72 x 5 x 5 x 5 cm ca 1982
Population growth, factor 1, wood, direct carving 1.20 x 0.20 x 0.16 m 1985
WORKS HE HAS STARTED IN CUBA :
Bust of Domingo Ramo Viñales, Pinar del Río.
Maternity, Bauta, La Habana Province
The family, wood, 3 m
Hermanos Ameijeras Hospital, La Habana