Manuel Cabré
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Manuel Cabré was a noted Spanish
-Venezuela
n landscape painter
who is remembered as "the painter of El Ávila" .
, Spain
, to Catalan
sculptor Ángel Cabré i Magriñá (1863-1940) and Concepción A. de Cabré. Since very young he lived in Venezuela after arriving along with his father who was invited by President Joaquín Crespo
to undertake activities in public works in Caracas
. At 8, Manuel Cabré entered the Academy of Fine Arts of Caracas, where his father taught Sculpture. Being in love with the Venezuelan landscape, he was moved by El Ávila mountain, located North to Caracas, and decided to paint it from all angles and shades. After several successful presentations in Caracas, he moved to Paris
, where he lived until 1930. During those years he studied cubism
and impressionism
. In 1931, he moved back to Venezuela where he dedicated himself to capture the outdoors. In 1951, he won the National Award in Painting and, in 1955, the Herrera Toro Award at the XIV Official Hall, besides other distinguished awards. He was director of the Caracas Museum of Fine Arts between 1942 and 1946. Manuel Cabré was an exceptional landscape painter, with a thorough skill in technique, color and form. He died in Caracas on February 26, 1984.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
-Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n landscape painter
Landscape art
Landscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
who is remembered as "the painter of El Ávila" .
Biography
Manuel Cabré was born on January 25, 1890 in BarcelonaBarcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, to Catalan
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
sculptor Ángel Cabré i Magriñá (1863-1940) and Concepción A. de Cabré. Since very young he lived in Venezuela after arriving along with his father who was invited by President Joaquín Crespo
Joaquín Crespo
Joaquín Sinforiano de Jesús Crespo Torres was a politician, soldier, a member of the Great Liberal Party of Venezuela and President of Venezuela from 1884 to 1886 and again from 1892 to 1898...
to undertake activities in public works in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
. At 8, Manuel Cabré entered the Academy of Fine Arts of Caracas, where his father taught Sculpture. Being in love with the Venezuelan landscape, he was moved by El Ávila mountain, located North to Caracas, and decided to paint it from all angles and shades. After several successful presentations in Caracas, he moved to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where he lived until 1930. During those years he studied cubism
Cubism
Cubism was a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture...
and impressionism
Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
. In 1931, he moved back to Venezuela where he dedicated himself to capture the outdoors. In 1951, he won the National Award in Painting and, in 1955, the Herrera Toro Award at the XIV Official Hall, besides other distinguished awards. He was director of the Caracas Museum of Fine Arts between 1942 and 1946. Manuel Cabré was an exceptional landscape painter, with a thorough skill in technique, color and form. He died in Caracas on February 26, 1984.