The full title of this article is “Puerto Rico’s maestros: Allentown Art Museum’s exhibition celebrates island’s famous artists.” Micaela Hood (Lehigh Valley News) reports on “Nostalgia for My Island: Puerto Rican Painting from the Museo de Arte de Ponce (1786–1962).” The exhibition is on view through April 28, 2024, in the Rodale Gallery at Allentown Art Museum (located at 31 North Fifth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania). Also see previous post Exhibition: Nostalgia for My Island. [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing these items to our attention.] Hood writes:
Celebrate the beauty and rich culture of the Isla del Encanto at a new exhibition.
“Nostalgia for My Island,” a display at Allentown Art Museum, features 20 creative works by well-known Puerto Rican artists. The works were created from 1786 to 1962 and divided into three themes — “My island,” “My home” and “My people.”
“My Island” by is part of a new exhibition at the Allentown Art Museum featuring a collection of works on loan by the Museo de Arte in Ponce de Leon, Puerto Rico. The artwork is on loan from the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is the first time the traveling exhibition has toured in the Lehigh Valley and the East Coast.
Although the show is free, the Museo de Arte de Ponce will accept online donations to help with its recovery from damage sustained in a 2020 earthquake.
Included in the show are paintings by early Puerto Rican maestros José Campeche y Manuel Jordán and Francisco Oller. There also are paintings by Rafael Ríos Rey, Miguel Pou and Myrna Báez.
A tribute to “jibaro”
The selection of works by Campeche, Jordán and Oller pay homage to “el jíbaro,” a term coined to represent the rural farm worker in Puerto Rico.
Through their works, the artists explored the economic landscape in the island, which changed with the annexation by the United States in 1896.
Many “jibaros” and their families were forced to close down the farms and the island experienced a mass migration to cities such as San Juan and Bayamón during that time. [. . .]
For more information and artwork, see https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/arts-culture/puerto-ricos-maestros-allentown-art-museums-exhibition-celebrates-islands-famous-artists
[Shown above: Félix Rodríguez Báez’s artwork is part of a new exhibition that celebrates the beauty of the island at the Allentown Art Museum.]
The full title of this article is “Puerto Rico’s maestros: Allentown Art Museum’s exhibition celebrates island’s famous artists.” Micaela Hood (Lehigh Valley News) reports on “Nostalgia for My Island: Puerto Rican Painting from the Museo de Arte de Ponce (1786–1962).” The exhibition is on view through April 28, 2024, in the Rodale Gallery at Allentown Art
