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Armando Maribona y Pujol
(1894-1964)
Doris Bacon
A sketcher,
caricaturist and writer, Armando Maribona was schooled
at the San Alejandro Academy as well as in Paris.
Although he became well-known for his illustrations and
sketches, Maribona also produced many beautiful oil
painting cityscapes of Havana, and was also recognized
for his portraits painted in Cuba and all over the
world.
As much as he was an artist, Maribona was also a
journalist. From 1916-1921, he worked for a number of
newspapers, and eventually became a correspondent for a
naval newspaper in Paris. This affiliation with
newsprint took him all over the world, and he gained
many prizes for his journalistic works. In his wake, he
also left countless drawings and sketches of the
caricatures and cartoons he would submit to newspapers
and magazines. Like most caricatures, his were full of
humor and satire and would often touch on the Batiste
regime of the time. Aside from all of this, Maribona
also illustrated for posters and magazines, and even
created a number of informational pamphlets.
Habana
During his lifetime,
Maribona held a number of exhibitions in Cuba as well as
in New York and Paris. He was a very intelligent man,
skilled at writing and the arts and published a number
of novels, and spoke English, French and Spanish.
Maribona would also later go on to become a teacher at
San Alejandro in 1927.
Today, Maribona's work is housed in museums and private
collections worldwide. Because he traveled and sketched
endlessly, the possibility of one of his works being
pressed between the pages of a book or in a drawer
somewhere are great. His works may likely be found in
the United States, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland,
Italy, France, Mexico and of course, Cuba.
Do you think that you own a piece of art by Armando
Maribona? We would be glad to help you authenticate a
piece of work by this great Cuban master.
