Born in Santigo de Cuba, Cuba (1920-2010) 

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BIOGRAPHY

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EDUCATION

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1944

Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro (for 2 months), Havana, CUBA.

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1967

Course on Museography, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

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1955‑1972

Technical Assistant. Departamento de Restauración del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

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1963

Oleos. Michaelsen [April 23‑May 10]. Lyceum, Havana, CUBA.*

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1978

Escucha mi son. Michaelsen 21 óleos [April 21-?]. Galería Ho Chi Minh, Ministerio de Justicia, Havana, CUBA.*

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1979

Casa de Cultura de Plaza, Havana, CUBA.

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1981

Works by E. Michaelsen [April 15-?]. Main Line Gifts, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

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1991

Eduardo Michaelsen [January 21-?]. San Francisco Artspace, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

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1994

Memorias de Cuba y temas de Santería. Paintings and Drawings [May 19‑June 11]. Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

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1997

Michaelsen. Oil on Canvas [November 7-25]. Cuban Collection Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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1962

Trabajadores del Museo Nacional [Opening October 21]. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA.

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1982

10 Out of Cuba [May 24-July 31]. INTAR Latin American Gallery, New York, U.S.A.*

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1983

Fine Arts Exhibition for the Festival de las Artes [August 20-21]. Tamiami Park, Dade County, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.*

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1985

Cuban Colonial Architecture. Reality and Fantasy [October 7‑November 30]. Main Library, Metro‑Dade Cultural Center, Miami‑Dade Library System, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

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1987-1989

Outside Cuba/Fuera de Cuba (See chapter “The Exhibitions,” No.545).

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1987

Art in Exile. An exhibit of Immigrants Artists [July 22‑August 15]. Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.*

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1994

Cuban Artists: Expressions in Graphics [March 3-5]. Jadite Galleries, New York, U.S.A.*

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1995

Absolut Mariel. A Historic Overview 1980-1995 [May 13-June 2]. South Florida Art Center, Ground Level Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A.*

Art-Exhibit and Silent Auction of Works by Contemporary Artists to Benefit FAITH Services [May 25-31]. Jadite Galleries, New York, U.S.A.*

To Collect, Conserve, Exhibit, and Interpret the Visual Arts produced by Artists of Cuban Heritage. The New Collection-I [June-?]. Museo Cubano de Arte y Cultura, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.*

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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“Cuban Artists.” The Voice, San Francisco, California, p.4, U.S.A., April 10, 1981.

“Eduardo Michaelsen.” cat. Outside Cuba/Fuera de Cuba, Office of Hispanic Arts, Rutgers University, New Jersey and Research Institute for Cuban Studies, University of Miami, Florida [illus], pp.152‑155, U.S.A., 1988.*

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BARNET, Miguel. cat. Escucha mi son. Galería Ho Chi Minh, Ministerio de Justicia, Havana, CUBA, April 21, 1978.*

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CUZA MALE, Belkis. “Escucha el son de Eduardo Michaelsen.” La Gaceta de Cuba, Havana, No.168, CUBA, June, 1978.*

“La cubanía primitiva de Eduardo Michaelsen.” El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Florida, U.S.A., January 3, 1989.*

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HERNANDO, R.R. “In a Garden of Earthly Delights.” cat. Memorias de Cuba y Temas de Santería. Paintings and Drawings, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., May 19‑June 11, 1994.

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LOPEZ‑NUSSA, Leonel (ELE‑NUSSA). “El Pintor Michaelsen.” Bohemia, Havana, p.20, CUBA, October 19, 1979.*

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TORRIENTE, Loló de la. “Dos Pintores Jóvenes.” El Mundo, Havana, CUBA, May 8, 1963.*

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PUBLICATIONS

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Cuban Artists Collection [Hugo Consuegra, Raimundo García, Osvaldo Gutiérrez, Eduardo Michaelsen, Mijares, Mario Torroella]. Vol. I, Miami Press Publishers and Distributors, Inc., 1994, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. (Portfolio of slk-screens.)

 

PRINCIPAL COLLECTION

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CUBA