Roberto Diago Querol Cuban, 1920-1955
Biography
Roberto Juan Diago y Querol
1920 - 1955
Roberto Juan Diago y Querol was a Cuban artist specializing in photography, engraving, painting and drawing.
He studied in the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro", Havana, Cuba and founded together with Rafael Soriano, Manuel Rodulfo Tardo, José Felipe Nuñez and Juan Esnard Heydrich the Provincial School of Fine Arts in Matanzas. His grandson, Juan Roberto Diago Durruthy (born 1971) is also a Cuban painter.
Exhibitions
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Without Masks at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Curated by Orlando Hernández 28 Jul - 22 Oct 2017Following successful exhibitions at the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 2010 and the UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, in 2014, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Watch Hill Foundation...Read more -
Without Masks at Museum of Anthropology
Curated by: Nuno Porto and Orlando Hernández 2 May - 2 Nov 2014University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada MOA opens a window into the lives and struggles of Cubans of African descent in its new exhibition Without Masks: Contemporary Afro-Cuban Art. This...Read more -
Without Masks at Johannesburg Art Gallery
Curated by Orlando Hernández 23 May 2010Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) The first exhibition of 'Without Masks: Contemporary Afrocuban Art' was at the prestigious Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) in 2010. It coincided with South Africa's hosting of...Read more
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OBSCURITY OF ROBERTO DIAGO QUEROL
By Orlando Hernández / Translation by María Fernanda González Mar 1, 2021DIAGO QUEROL PHOTO: “DIAGO QUEROL PAINTING LUCIA BALLARIN’S PORTRAIT.” In 2020, the centenary of his birth, an ignominious question mark continues to loom over Roberto...Read more -
Opening of the exhibition "Without Masks: Contemporary Afro-Cuban Art" at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba
In Context Feb 5, 2021Opening of the exhibition 'Without Masks: Contemporary Afro-Cuban Art' at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. Directed by: Eliot Fritel Interviews with: Chris...Read more -
Chris von Christierson’s Decade-Long Afro-Cuban Art Odyssey
By Nicholas Forrest for Blouin Art info Sep 12, 2017“Without Masks” at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) in Havana, Cuba is an exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Without Masks: Contemporary...Read more -
Without Masks at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Curated by Orlando Hernández 28 Jul - 22 Oct 2017Following successful exhibitions at the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 2010 and the UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, in 2014, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes...Read more
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Without Masks at Museum of Anthropology
Curated by: Nuno Porto and Orlando Hernández 2 May - 2 Nov 2014University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada MOA opens a window into the lives and struggles of Cubans of African descent in its new exhibition Without...Read more -
Without Masks at Johannesburg Art Gallery
Curated by Orlando Hernández 23 May 2010Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) The first exhibition of 'Without Masks: Contemporary Afrocuban Art' was at the prestigious Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) in 2010. It coincided...Read more
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News
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OBSCURITY OF ROBERTO DIAGO QUEROL
By Orlando Hernández / Translation by María Fernanda González March 1, 2021DIAGO QUEROL PHOTO: “DIAGO QUEROL PAINTING LUCIA BALLARIN’S PORTRAIT.” In 2020, the centenary of his birth, an ignominious question mark continues to loom over Roberto...Read more -
Chris von Christierson’s Decade-Long Afro-Cuban Art Odyssey
By Nicholas Forrest for Blouin Art info September 12, 2017“Without Masks” at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) in Havana, Cuba is an exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Without Masks: Contemporary...Read more