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[Letter] 1960 March 28, México [to] Lorenzo Homar
1960Mexican artist Alberto Beltrán requests authorization from Lorenzo Homar to send his series of Puerto Rican prints to an exhibition in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). He mentions that the president of the Taller de Gráfica Popular ( [...]ICAA Record ID: 861827 -
[Letter] 1959 December 5, México, D.F. [to] Lorenzo Homar
1959Mexican artist Alberto Beltrán informs Puerto Rican artist Lorenzo Homar that a number of people have shown interest in exhibiting works by Puerto Rican artists outside of Mexico. He also mentions an exhibition of Soviet art that has had a major [...]ICAA Record ID: 861865 -
[Letter] 1961 July 21, San Juan, Puerto Rico [to] Lorenzo Homar
1961The Puerto Rican artist, Félix Rodríguez Báez, wrote a letter to all the members of the Galería Campeche [Campeche Gallery] in which he asked them to read and comment on the rules. He also sent them two invitations in which he established the [...]ICAA Record ID: 823822 -
[Letter] 1961 November 2, Hatillo, Puerto Rico [to] Lorenzo Homar
1961Oscar Colón Delgado, a Puerto Rican painter, sends Puerto Rican printmaker Lorenzo Homar a copy of the letter he wrote to the publisher of the 1961 Almanaque Mundial de Selecciones [Selecciones World Almanac] to thank him for including his name in [...]ICAA Record ID: 856415 -
[Letter] 1962 March 16, México D.F [to] Lorenzo Homar
1962Mexican artist Alberto Beltrán thanks Puerto Rican printmaker Lorenzo Homar for sending him the publication Cine y Cultura [Film and Culture]. Beltrán remarks on the method used to illustrate the publication, El corno emplumado [The Plumed Horn], [...]ICAA Record ID: 825550 -
[Letter] 1962 March 22, México D.F [to] Lorenzo Homar
1962In this letter to Puerto Rican artist Lorenzo Homar, Mexican artist Alberto Beltrán comments on the new issue of the publication, El coyote emplumado[The Plumed Coyote], which will cover topics relating to the campaign being waged by right-wing [...]ICAA Record ID: 825623 -
[Letter] 1963 February 5, México, D.F [to] Lorenzo Homar
1963Mexican artist Alberto Beltrán (Mexico City, b. 1923) informs Puerto Rican printmaker Lorenzo Homar that he is retiring from journalism, and his editorial responsibilities at the supplement to El Día newspaper, El Gallo Ilustrado, in order to spend [...]ICAA Record ID: 824131 -
[Letter] 1969 December 18, México D.F. [to] Lorenzo Homar
1969The Mexican printmaker, Alberto Beltrán, thanks Lorenzo Homar for the invitation to the Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano [San Juan Biennial of Latin American Graphic Art]. However, given the late date on which the news reached him, he [...]ICAA Record ID: 846964 -
[Letter] 1970 April 21, México D.F. [to] Lorenzo Homar
1970Mexican printmaker Alberto Beltrán writes to his Puerto Rican colleague Lorenzo Homar about the controversy stirred up by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes and his group, following the announcement in the press that he [Fuentes], José Luis Cuevas, [...]ICAA Record ID: 856351 -
[Letter] 1970 January 28, México, D.F. [to] Lorenzo Homar
1970Mexican artist Alberto Beltrán thanks Lorenzo Homar for his time and attention during his visit to Puerto Rico. He tells Homar that artists Ángel Bracho and Jesús Álvarez Amaya, from the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP), have sent works to Puerto [...]ICAA Record ID: 861884 -
[Letter] 1970 May 15, México D.F [to] Lorenzo Homar
1970In this letter, Mexican artist Albero Beltrán (1923–2002) informs Puerto Rican artist Lorenzo Homar that the course in poster design that Polish designer Wiktor Gorka was offering at the Academia de San Carlos (Mexico City) would continue until [...]ICAA Record ID: 825593 -
[Letter] 1971 December 15, San Juan, Puerto Rico [to] Lorenzo Homar
1971Carlos Conde III, who at the time in question was president of the board of directors of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña [ICP, Puerto Rican Cultural Institute], answers several questions asked by the Puerto Rican artist Lorenzo Homar about [...]ICAA Record ID: 825694 -
[Letter] 1972 August 11, Cali, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
1972Colombian artist Pedro Alcántara writes to Lorenzo Homar to confirm that the exhibition to be presented in Colombia will be titled El Cartel en Puerto Rico, Gráfica de Lorenzo Homar [The Poster in Puerto Rico: Printmaking by Lorenzo Homar]. He asks [...]ICAA Record ID: 861495 -
[Letter] 1972 August 29, Cali, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
1972Pedro Alcántara tells Puerto Rican artist Lorenzo Homar that he has obtained passage for Homar on September 18, 1972. He informs Homar that the short silkscreen course or workshop the Puerto Rican artist will be giving will run for ten days, and [...]ICAA Record ID: 861457 -
[Letter] 1972 December 6, Cali, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
1972Colombian artist Pedro Alcántara thanks his Puerto Rican colleague Lorenzo Homar for a number of gifts brought to him by Ramiro Pazmiño. One of the first things that Alcántara mentions in this letter is a problem at the Encuentro de La Habana [ [...]ICAA Record ID: 823939 -
[Letter] 1972 May 31, Cali, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
1972Colombian artist Pedro Alcántara informs his Puerto Rican colleague Lorenzo Homar of the final date for the exhibition of posters and other graphic arts, entitled Homenaje a Puerto Rico. He also mentions the materials necessary for the workshop that [...]ICAA Record ID: 825503 -
[Letter] 1972 November 29, Morristown, New Jersey [to] Lorenzo Homar
1972The Uruguayan artist Luis Solari writes to the Puerto Rican artist Lorenzo Homar to thank him for his earlier letter in which Homar wrote about his trip to Cali, Colombia, to organize a silkscreen workshop. Solari says he is happy to hear this news [...]ICAA Record ID: 863689 -
[Letter] 1972 October 27, Cali, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
1972In this set of three letters, Colombian artist Pedro Alcántara writes to Puerto Rican printmaker Lorenzo Homar, shortly after Homar’s departure from Cali. He tells Homar that Juan Antonio Roda, the Spanish artist who has set up his studio in [...]ICAA Record ID: 861438 -
[Letter] 1973 December 17, s.l. [to] Lorenzo Homar
1973In 1974, Ricardo Alegría was director of the Office of Cultural Affairs, as well as a member of the committee for the III Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano [Third San Juan Biennial of Latin American Graphic Art]. [In this letter,] Alegr [...]ICAA Record ID: 861290 -
[Letter] 1973 Enero 23 [to] Lorenzo Homar
1973Colombian artist Pedro Alcántara thanks Lorenzo Homar for the photographs, letters, and silkscreen he sent him. Alcántara asks him to buy some printing materials he will need to create a portfolio of four works for the Communist Party. The party [...]ICAA Record ID: 861419 -
[Letter] 1973 March 12, Cali, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
1973Colombian artist Pedro Alcántara informs his Puerto Rican colleague Lorenzo Homar that the Colombian company Carvajal y Compañía had committed to donating funds for the construction of a printmaking studio. Alcántara asks Homar to help him put [...]ICAA Record ID: 823954 -
[Letter] 1973 September 20?, Cali, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
1973In a letter to his Puerto Rican colleague Lorenzo Homar, Colombian artist Pedro Alcántara expresses his outrage at the death of Chilean President Salvador Allende during the attack on the Palacio de La Moneda by military forces staging a coup d'é [...]ICAA Record ID: 823969 -
[Letter] 1973 September 27, Morristown, New Jersey [to] Lorenzo Homar
1973El artista uruguayo Luis Solari le cuenta a Lorenzo Homar que estuvo en su país donde hizo varias exposiciones y ofreció conferencias. Comenta que lo han invitado a exhibir a muchos lugares, entre ellos la Argo Gallery, de Nicosia (Chipre) y otra [...]ICAA Record ID: 863632 -
[Letter] 1974 Mayo 13, Cali [to] Lorenzo [Homar]
1974In this letter, Colombian printmaker Pedro Alcántara comments to Lorenzo Homar on the details of his trip to Puerto Rico for an exhibition of his work at the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña [Institute of Puerto Rican Culture] (ICP). Alcántara [...]ICAA Record ID: 861980 -
[Letter] 1974 September 27, Montevideo [to] Lorenzo Homar
1974Quela Rovira, an Uruguayan artist, informs Lorenzo Homar about the shipping of the posters that had been exhibited. She sends her regrets about the events that occurred in Uruguay just after the exhibition, since they worsened the sale prospects for [...]ICAA Record ID: 861234 -
[Letter] 1975 Junio 28 [to] Lorenzo Homar
1975In this letter, Puerto Rican artist Paul Camacho conveys his personal opinion to printmaker Lorenzo Homar concerning an exhibition at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas [School of Visual Arts] at the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña [ICP, Puerto [...]ICAA Record ID: 856431 -
[Letter] 1976 Julio 12, Cali, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
1976The Colombian cultural promoter Maritza Uribe de Urdinola writes to Lorenzo Homar to thank him for his letter in which he confirmed his trip to Cali, Colombia, to work on the publication of a graphic art portfolio with Luis Caballero (who agreed to [...]ICAA Record ID: 863805 -
[Letter] 1976 July 14, Bogotá, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
1976Colombian artist Pedro Alcántara tells Lorenzo Homar about his travels to the Soviet Union, Peru (Lima), and Cuba (Havana). He also informs Homar that everything will be set for the printmaking workshop that Homar will give at the Museo La Tertulia [...]ICAA Record ID: 861922 -
[Letter] 1976 July 15, México D.F. [to] Lorenzo Homar
1976Alberto Beltrán, a Mexican artist, writes to his friend, Puerto Rican printmaker Lorenzo Homar, to thank him for his earlier letter explaining the problems surrounding the IV Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano [4th San Juan Biennial of [...]ICAA Record ID: 856399 -
[Letter] 1976 November 22, Cali, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
1976Cuban Manuel López Olivo thanks Lorenzo Homar for the print Homar sent him. He reports that the Cuban exhibition that just opened in Cali, Colombia, was favorably received by the students and the working class, and per López Olivo, that is what is [...]ICAA Record ID: 861253 -
[Letter] 1977 April 27, Cali, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
The director of the Museo de Arte Moderno [Museum of Modern Art] La Tertulia, Maritza Uribe de Urdinola, writes to Lorenzo Homar to inform him that the Peruvian artist Fernando de Szyszlo will be told why his work cannot be printed. She then asks [...]ICAA Record ID: 863824 -
[Letter] 1977 Febrero 20, Cali [to] Lorenzo Homar.
1977In this letter to Puerto Rican printmaker Lorenzo Homar, Colombian artist Pedro Alcántara discusses various problems that had arisen at the Museo La Tertulia in Cali after completion of the first graphic portfolio. Alcántara mentions that architect [...]ICAA Record ID: 856383 -
[Letter] 1977 January 12, Miramar, Puerto Rico [to] Pedro Alcántara y Virginia Amaya
1977This letter was written by the Puerto Rican printmaker Lorenzo Homar in San Juan, Puerto Rico on January 12, 1977, to the Colombian artists Pedro Alcántara Herrán and Virginia Amaya Valdivieso. Homar begins his letter on a friendly note, [...]ICAA Record ID: 1132080 -
[Letter] 1977 September 10, Cali, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
1977Colombian artist Pedro Alcántara informs Puerto Rican artist Lorenzo Homar that the studio at the Museo [La Tertulia] no longer exists, and therefore its collective, the Taller Gráfico [Graphic Workshop], is operating on the basis of “ongoing [...]ICAA Record ID: 823999 -
[Letter] 1978 April 8, Cali, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
1978This is a letter in which Colombian Pedro Alcántara informs Puerto Rican printmaker Lorenzo Homar that the group working at the graphic workshop in Colombia places great emphasis on the planning, analysis, and theoretical study of the problems [...]ICAA Record ID: 824014 -
[Letter] 1978 January 4, La Habana, Cuba [to] Lorenzo Homar
1978In this brief letter, the Cuban professor Félix Beltrán congratulates Lorenzo Homar on the forthcoming retrospective of his work. Beltrán mentions that watching Homar work in Cali, Colombia, had been an unforgettable experience. Expressing his [...]ICAA Record ID: 863862 -
[Letter] 1980 Agosto 28, La Habana, Cuba [to] Lorenzo Homar
The Cuban professor Félix Beltrán writes to Lorenzo Homar to tell him about the difficulties he encountered on entering the United States for a lecture tour. An unresolved case involving secret activities in the state of New Jersey created problems [...]ICAA Record ID: 863938 -
[Letter] 1981 May 16, México, D.F. [to] Lorenzo Homar
1981The Mexican artist Alberto Beltrán writes to Lorenzo Homar to tell him that the Mexican printmaker Adolfo Quinteros is having a difficult time. He also mentions that a new museum is to be opened in front of the Museo de Arte Moderno to house the [...]ICAA Record ID: 863919 -
[Letter] 1982 Enero 12, Cali, Colombia [to] Lorenzo Homar
1982The Colombian artist Pedro Alcántara writes to Lorenzo Homar asking him to participate in the production of the portfolio “Grandes Maestros de la Plástica Latinoamericana” [Great Masters of Latin American Visual Art]. Ten artists are to be [...]ICAA Record ID: 863843 -
[Letter] 1987 Diciembre 19, Ciudad de México [to] Lorenzo Homar
1987In this letter from Mexican printmaker Alberto Beltrán to his friend and colleague, Puerto Rican Lorenzo Homar, the former discusses the 50th anniversary of the Taller de Gráfica Popular [TGP, People’s Print Workshop] in Mexico. Beltrán tells [...]ICAA Record ID: 856271 -
[Letter] 1989 Febrero 14, The University of Iowa [to] Lorenzo Homar
1989In this letter to Puerto Rican artist Lorenzo Homar, Argentine artist Mauricio Lasansky states that he resents the fact that the Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe [Latin American and Caribbean Print Biennial, San Juan] is [...]ICAA Record ID: 864217 -
[Letter] Alberto Beltrán [to] Lorenzo Homar, México, 30 de diciembre 1986
1986Alberto Beltrán, a Mexican printmaker, writes to Puerto Rican artist Lorenzo Homar to discuss recent art events and news in Mexico. Beltrán tells Homar that he has heard that art critic Raquel Tibol is in Puerto Rico, and mentions the recent [...]ICAA Record ID: 856287 -
[Letter] s.d., s.l. [to] Lorenzo Homar
The Puerto Rican artist Paul Camacho writes to Lorenzo Homar about his disagreement with a critique of his work that appeared in Frente. Camacho tells Homar that he expressed his disapproval but was outvoted and the Editorial Board of Frente decided [...]ICAA Record ID: 863979 -
[Originales a Rodríguez Morales ICP...]
1976Colombian artist Pedro Alcántara informs his Puerto Rican colleague Lorenzo Homar that the individuals who signed the letter sent to Luis Manuel Rodríguez Morales, director of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP), represent a majority of [...]ICAA Record ID: 825518 -
Arte y tradición del cartel en Puerto Rico : conversación con Lorenzo Homar = Art and tradition of the poster in Puerto Rico : conversation with Lorenzo Homar
1985In this interview by Puerto Rican curator Mari Carmen Ramírez, printmaker and artist Lorenzo Homar speaks of how he became interested in silkscreen; in addition to his career as a poster artist; the primary function of the poster medium; what [...]ICAA Record ID: 822261 -
Exposición de carteles realizados en el taller del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña bajo la dirección de Lorenzo Homar
1972Argentine critic Rafael Squirru writes a critical review of an exhibition of posters held at the Taller de Gráfica [Graphic Art Workshop] of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP) [Institute of Puerto Rican Culture]. This workshop was led by [...]ICAA Record ID: 806353 -
Imágenes de Lorenzo Homar : entre San Juan y Nueva York
2000Puerto Rican writer Arcadio Díaz Quiñonez places Lorenzo Homar in the context of the cities of San Juan and New York, where the artist lived and produced his graphic work. He asserts that Homar’s career, like the images in his paintings and [...]ICAA Record ID: 867116 -
Notas sobre la serigrafía : Entrevista a Lorenzo Homar
1978In this interview with Puerto Rican curator Mari Carmen Ramírez, Lorenzo Homar explains how he became interested in the silkscreen technique after working at the División de Educción de la Comunidad (DIVEDCO) and on experiments aimed at achieving [...]ICAA Record ID: 863424