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Born | Jorge Fernández-Trevejo Rivas 6 August 1949 |
Nationality | Cuban |
Known for | Painter |
Jorge Fernández-Trevejo Rivas (born in Havana, Cuba on August 6, 1949) is a Cuban artist, painter, and caricaturist. He currently resides in Argentina.
Fernández-Trevejo began studying painting at the Workshop of Fine Arts of San Jose de las Lajas. In 1967, while completing his compulsory military service in the FAR, he attended workshops in the plastic arts.
In 1971, Fernández-Trevejo went to work as a graphic designer in the magazine Verde Olivo, where he worked until 1980. His admiration and knowledge of the American writer Ernest Hemingway led him to create a set of memorable cartoons, later published in a book, which have become widely popular. [1]
Throughout his career Fernández-Trevejo has worked in different disciplines, such as sculpture, graphic design, painting, cartoons, and digital arts, He has won many awards and prizes, not only in Cuba but internationally. He frequently participates in personal and collective exhibitions.
Fernández-Trevejo has been married three times and had two sons. His first son Ariel died in 2012 at age 34. His second son Jorge Cristobal, from his second marriage, is also a painter.
Since 1992, he has lived in Argentina, where he continues to work on his art.
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Jorge Fernández-Trevejo Rivas | |
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Born | Jorge Fernández-Trevejo Rivas 6 August 1949 |
Nationality | Cuban |
Known for | Painter |
Jorge Fernández-Trevejo Rivas (born in Havana, Cuba on August 6, 1949) is a Cuban artist, painter, and caricaturist. He currently resides in Argentina.
Fernández-Trevejo began studying painting at the Workshop of Fine Arts of San Jose de las Lajas. In 1967, while completing his compulsory military service in the FAR, he attended workshops in the plastic arts.
In 1971, Fernández-Trevejo went to work as a graphic designer in the magazine Verde Olivo, where he worked until 1980. His admiration and knowledge of the American writer Ernest Hemingway led him to create a set of memorable cartoons, later published in a book, which have become widely popular. [1]
Throughout his career Fernández-Trevejo has worked in different disciplines, such as sculpture, graphic design, painting, cartoons, and digital arts, He has won many awards and prizes, not only in Cuba but internationally. He frequently participates in personal and collective exhibitions.
Fernández-Trevejo has been married three times and had two sons. His first son Ariel died in 2012 at age 34. His second son Jorge Cristobal, from his second marriage, is also a painter.
Since 1992, he has lived in Argentina, where he continues to work on his art.
This section needs expansion with: awards earned. You can help by
adding to it. (January 2014) |