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Cuban Art. Drawing by Julio Girona. Soldier, 1944. Ink on paper. Original

Description: Cuban Art. Drawing by Julio Girona. Soldier, 1944. Ink on paper. Original signed. One of the original “war drawing” created during Girona’s participation in World War II. In 1943, with the entry of the United States in World War II, inspired by the experience of the International Brigades in Spain, Girona volunteered to fight as an antifascist in the U.S. Army. He served in England, Belgium, and France for two years. Excellent vintage condition for a collector’s item created in 1945. Measures: 9 x 6 ¼ inches. Free Domestic Shipping! Arte cubano. Dibujo de Julio Girona. Soldier, 1944. Tinta sobre papel. Original firmado. Uno de los originales "dibujos de guerra" creados durante la participación de Girona en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En 1943, con la entrada de Estados Unidos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, inspirada en la experiencia de las Brigadas Internacionales en España, Girona se ofreció como voluntario para luchar como antifascista en el Ejército de Estados Unidos. Sirvió en Inglaterra, Bélgica y Francia durante dos años. Excelente estado vintage para una pieza de colección creada en 1945. Medidas: 9 x 6 ¼ pulgadas. Envío Nacional Gratis! Girona (1914 - 2002) was a sculptor, painter, cartoonist, and writer. In his home town of Manzanillo, Cuba, at the age of 13, he exhibited a set of free-standing caricatures of prominent political figures and members of the local writers’ circle (Grupo Literario de Manzanillo), to which his father, Julio, belonged. In this debut, various characteristics of his later work can already be seen: the cross between the visual and literary arts, his love of figure, line, and letter, his interest in socio-political commentary, his humor. In 1932, having moved with his family to Havana, he enrolled in the San Alejandro Academy, where he studied sculpture with Juan José Sicre. In 1934, he left for Paris with a scholarship. He attended sculpture classes at the Académie Ranson, a school patronized by the elderly Maillol, and caught the last vestiges of the peak of the Parisian art scene. He traveled throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, cycling around Greece and reaching Egypt and the pyramids. In 1937, Girona was in the United States, living in Greenwich Village, associating with other Latin Americans and sharing their political passions. This circle of friends brought him into contact with the leftist press, including New Masses and La Voz, a Spanish language newspaper with its headquarters in the “Little Spain” section of the Village, a newspaper largely inspired by its support of the Republican cause in the Spanish Civil War. He worked for this newspaper for the two to three years of its existence, submitting daily political cartoons and winning recognition from the Congress of American Artists. In 1939, when the Spanish Republicans were defeated and the newspaper closed, Girona returned to Cuba, where he worked as a caricaturist for the newspaper Hoy. Soon he departed for Mexico City, where he worked at the Taller de Gráfica Popular, doing lithography and selling prints in their gallery. Back in New York, he attended classes with Will Barnet at the Art Students League. He moved to a studio in Brooklyn and married Ilse Erythropel, daughter of the former German ambassador to Cuba and once fellow sculpture student at San Alejandro. In 1943, with the entry of the United States in World War II, inspired by the experience of the International Brigades in Spain, Girona volunteered to fight as an antifascist in the U.S. Army. He served in England, Belgium, and France for two years. After the war, benefiting from the G.I. Bill, he enrolled again at the Art Students League, where he now studied with Morris Kantor and where his life as a painter formally began. Part of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism, a member of “the Club” of New York artists on 8th Street, Girona had his first New York exhibition at the Artists’ Gallery on Lexington Avenue in 1954, and was soon exhibiting at the Bertha Schaefer Gallery on 57th Street. From there he went on to exhibit in major galleries in America and Europe. Girona (1914 - 2002) fue escultor, pintor, dibujante y escritor. En su ciudad natal de Manzanillo, Cuba, a la edad de 13 años, exhibió un conjunto de caricaturas independientes de prominentes figuras políticas y miembros del círculo de escritores locales (Grupo Literario de Manzanillo), a las que su padre, Julio, pertenecido En este debut, ya se pueden ver varias características de su trabajo posterior: el cruce entre las artes visuales y literarias, su amor por la figura, la línea y la letra, su interés en los comentarios sociopolíticos, su humor. En 1932, tras haberse mudado con su familia a La Habana, se matriculó en la Academia San Alejandro, donde estudió escultura con Juan José Sicre. En 1934, se fue a París con una beca. Asistió a clases de escultura en la Academia Ranson, una escuela patrocinada por el anciano Maillol, y captó los últimos vestigios de la cima de la escena artística parisina. Viajó por Europa y el Mediterráneo, pedaleó por Grecia y llegó a Egipto y las pirámides. En 1937, Girona estaba en los Estados Unidos, viviendo en Greenwich Village, asociándose con otros latinoamericanos y compartiendo sus pasiones políticas. Este círculo de amigos lo puso en contacto con la prensa izquierdista, incluyendo New Masses y La Voz, un periódico en español con sede en la sección "Pequeña España" de la Villa, un periódico inspirado en gran medida por su apoyo a la causa republicana en la guerra Civil española. Trabajó para este periódico durante los dos o tres años de su existencia, presentando caricaturas políticas diarias y obteniendo el reconocimiento del Congreso de Artistas Americanos. En 1939, cuando los republicanos españoles fueron derrotados y el periódico cerró, Girona regresó a Cuba, donde trabajó como caricaturista para el periódico Hoy. Pronto partió hacia la Ciudad de México, donde trabajó en el Taller de Gráfica Popular, haciendo litografía y vendiendo grabados en su galería. De vuelta en Nueva York, asistió a clases con Will Barnet en la Art Students League. Se mudó a un estudio en Brooklyn y se casó con Ilse Erythropel, hija del ex embajador alemán en Cuba y una vez estudiante de escultura en San Alejandro. En 1943, con la entrada de los Estados Unidos en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, inspirada en la experiencia de las Brigadas Internacionales en España, Girona se ofreció voluntariamente para luchar como antifascista en el Ejército de los EE. UU. Sirvió en Inglaterra, Bélgica y Francia durante dos años. Después de la guerra, beneficiándose de la G.I. Bill, se inscribió nuevamente en la Art Students League, donde ahora estudió con Morris Kantor y donde comenzó formalmente su vida como pintor. Parte de la Escuela de Expresionismo Abstracto de Nueva York, miembro del "Club" de artistas de Nueva York en la calle 8, Girona tuvo su primera exposición en Nueva York en la Galería de Artistas en la Avenida Lexington en 1954, y pronto estuvo exhibiendo en el Bertha Galería Schaefer en la calle 57. A partir de ahí pasó a exponer en las principales galerías de América y Europa.

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Location: Miami, Florida

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Item Specifics

All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Painting Surface: Paper

Features: Personalized, Signed, One of a Kind (OOAK)

Region of Origin: US

Width (Inches): 6 ¼

Production Technique: Ink on paper

Listed By: Collector

Subject: Portrait

Size: Small (up to 12in.)

Material: Ink

Height (Inches): 9

Culture: Cuban

Date of Creation: 1900-1949

Artist: Julio Girona

Year of Production: 1944

Style: Contemporary Art

Color: Black

Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original

Unit of Sale: Multi-Piece Work

Type: Drawing

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