Rector of the University of Puerto Rico-Cayey (UPR-Cayey) Dr. Carmen L. Quiroga recently announced the opening of the exhibition “Frade 150: Continuidad y vigencia de un legado,” which will take place on Sunday, May 18, at 2:00pm, at the Dr. Pío López Art Museum, UPR-Cayey. The campus is located at 205 Antonio R. Barceló Avenue, Cayey, Puerto Rico. [Note: “Vigencia” may be translated as validity, currency, timelessness, endurance, relevance…]
Ramón Frade de León (1875-1954), born in Cayey, Puerto Rico, was a painter and architect. Adopted at a young age, he lived in Valladolid, Spain, and in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In the Dominican Republic he first studied at the Normal School [Escuela Normal], under the direction of Puerto Rican exile Eugenio María de Hostos, and then in the Municipal School of Drawing of Santo Domingo, where he studied European artistic movements. He worked as an engraver and caricaturist for the magazine El Lápiz. In 1892, he met the French diplomat and painter Adolphe Laglande, who became his friend, mentor, and teacher.
He traveled throughout the Caribbean, visiting Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico, until he finally settled in his hometown, Cayey, in 1907. He then toured Italy’s major artistic centers to study classical art. He returned to Puerto Rico in 1909 and completed a degree in architecture (1909–1913). Later, he also earned degrees in engineering and surveying, with which he earned a living. [. . .]
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Excerpts from his bio translated by Ivette Romero. For the original text, see https://enciclopediapr.org/content/ramon-frade-leon/
[Shown above: Self-portrait by Ramón Frade, 1925. Watercolor on paper; Museo de Arte Dr. Pío López, UPR-Cayey Collection.]
Rector of the University of Puerto Rico-Cayey (UPR-Cayey) Dr. Carmen L. Quiroga recently announced the opening of the exhibition “Frade 150: Continuidad y vigencia de un legado,” which will take place on Sunday, May 18, at 2:00pm, at the Dr. Pío López Art Museum, UPR-Cayey. The campus is located at 205 Antonio R. Barceló Avenue,
