JUNE 23, 2025
Estate Sales : from the collections of Charles Deering, Chicago, IL, | Chicago Institute University Library | The National Art Club | Chubb Insurance
RENE PORTOCARRERO
Estimate
$3,000 - $5,000
DETAILS
LOT 247
Title: Cathedral
Media: Oil on Paper laid on board
Signed and Dated 1955
Size: 23.6 x 17.6 in. width (59.9 x 44.7 cm. width)
PROVENANCE
Provenance: Brewster Gallery, NY
NOTES
René Portocarrero was a Cuban painter whose contour lines and passages of color depicted the tropical environments and the women of Havana.
Born on February 24, 1912 in Havana, Cuba, he was largely self-taught. The artist’s first recorded exhibition was in 1934 at the Havana Lyceum. Throughout his long career, he produced a plethora of works in different mediums, including sculpture, book illustration, and ceramics. His work garnered him a prize at the 1963 São Paulo Biennial.
Portocarrero died on April 7, 1985 in Havana, Cuba. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Belle Artes in Caracas, and the Museo Nacional in Havana.