Period: The Vanguard

“Soldado Ruso” No Price	“Beata” No Price	“Arlequín” No Price	“Beatas” No Price
“Mujer” 1949 No Price	“Mujer” No Price	“Novia con Paisaje” No Price	" Untitiled " 1941 No Price

  Fidelio Ponce de León (1895 - February, 1949) was the pseudonym of Alfredo Fuentes Pons, a Cuban painter. A native of Camaguey, he studied at the San Alejandro Academy in Havana from 1913 until 1918. Along with Antonio Gattorno, Victor Manuel, Amelia Peláez, and Wifredo Lam he is considered part of the "Vanguardia" movement in Cuban art; however, unlike many of his contemporaries he never studied in Europe, and so had comparatively little contact with European modernism. Nevertheless, he listed among his influences Amadeo Modigliani, along with El Greco, Rembrandt, and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. His paintings are also reminiscent of those of Edvard Munch. Later in life Ponce de León contracted tuberculosis; he died in Havana in 1949. The Museum of Modern Art is among the museums containing examples of his work.

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