Julio Larraz

Julio Fernández Larraz (born 12 March 1944) is a Cuban artist. He has lived in the United States since 1961.[2]:457 He first worked as a political caricaturist and cartoonist, signing his work Julio Fernandez. In the 1970s he began also to paint, and changed his signature to Julio Larraz.[2]:457

Julio Fernández Larraz
Born12 March 1944[1]:105
Cuba
Other names
  • Julio Fernández Larraz
  • Julio Fernandez
Occupation

Life

Julio Fernandez Larraz was born in Cuba on 12 March 1944.[2]:457[1]:105 His family were owners of the Cuban newspaper La Discusión. In 1961, the year of the failed American invasion of Cuba, the family fled the island for Miami, Florida, later moving to Washington, D.C., and then to New York City.[2]:457 Larraz first worked as a political caricaturist and cartoonist, signing his work "Julio Fernandez". His caricatures of political figures such as Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir and Richard Nixon were published in Esquire magazine, in the New York Times, in Rolling Stone and in the Washington Post. A caricature of Nixon as Louis XIV, captioned "L'état, c'est moi", was used on the cover of Time magazine.[2]:457

Work

Julio Larraz's first solo exhibitions was in 1971 at the Pyramid Gallery in Washington D.C. An exhibition of his work was held at the Boca Raton Museum of Art in Boca Raton, Florida, in 1998.[3]

Collective exhibitions

In 1976 Larraz's work was chosen for Exhibition of Works by Candidates for Art Awards at the American Academy of Art and Letters/National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York. In 1985 Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (FIAC) was seen at the Grand Palais, Paris, France represented by Gallery Il Gabbiano, Rome Italy; and in 1992 Exposición arte cubano: Pasado y presente obra importante was exhibited at Gary Nader Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida.

Awards

In 1975 Larraz won the Cintas Foundation Fellowship from the Institute of International Education, New York. In 1977 he was awarded the Acquisition Prize. Childe Hassam Fund Purchase Exhibition from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and Institute of Arts & Letters, New York.

Collections

Larraz's work is in several collections, including the American Express Bank, Paris, France; the Cintas Foundation, Inc., New York; the Mitsui & Company, Inc., New York; the Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota, Colombia, the Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico; the Preston Carter Real Estate, Dallas, Texas, and the World Bank, Washington, D.C.

References
  1. Joan M. Marter (editor) (2011). The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art, volume 3: Kabakov-Ozette. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195335798.
  2. Mark S. Fuller (2015). Never a Dull Moment: The Life of John Liggett Meigs. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press. ISBN 9781632930736.
  3. Elisa Turner (10 May 1998). Diary of a Soul travels through tradition. The Miami Herald, page 1840. Clipping on www.newspapers.com.


Further reading
  • Jose Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca. Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century. California/International Arts Foundation, 2001. ISBN 978-0-917571-11-4
  • Jose Viegas. Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx. California International Arts, 2004. ISBN 978-0-917571-12-1 (in Spanish)
  • Edward Lucie-Smith. Julio Larraz. Skiro, Milan, 2003. ISBN 88-8491-347-0
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