How to Pronounce Fidelio Ponce de León
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Jan 24, 1895 Camagüey, Camagüey Province, Cuba Died on 19 Feb 1949 (aged 54)
Cuban painter
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About Fidelio Ponce De León
- Fidelio Ponce de León (24 January 1895 - 19 February 1949) was the pseudonym of Alfredo Fuentes Pons, a Cuban painter.
- A native of Camagüey, he studied at the San Alejandro Academy in Havana from 1913 until 1918.
- Along with Antonio Gattorno, Victor Manuel, Amelia Peláez, and Wifredo Lam, he is considered part of the "Vanguardia" movement in Cuban art; however, unlike many of his contemporaries he never studied in Europe, and so had comparatively little contact with European modernism.
- Nevertheless, he listed among his influences Amedeo Modigliani, along with El Greco, Rembrandt, and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
- His paintings are also reminiscent of those of Edvard Munch.
- Later in life Ponce de León contracted tuberculosis; he died in Havana on 19 February 1949.
- The Museum of Modern Art is among the museums containing examples of his work.
