Timeline

1927

Born: in Matanzas, Cuba

1943 - 1949

Beaux-Arts Academy of San Alejandro, Havana, Cuba

1951 - 1955

Member of Asociación de Grabadores de Cuba (AGC), Havana, Cuba

1953 - 1955

Member of the creative group Los Once, Havana, Cuba

1953

received the Segundo Premio at the VI Salón Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Salones del Capitolio Nacional, Havana, Cuba

1955

Moved to France

Awarded with the Silver Medal XXXVII, Salón de Bellas Artes, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba

1957

Joined the Surrealist movement

1961

Prize of Sculpture in Biennial of Paris

1968

Started working in his studio in Nogent sur Marne, France

1976

Awarded with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France and with the Fujisankey Biennal Prize at the Hakone Open Air Museum, Fujisankey, Japan

1995

Received the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas by the Cuban Ministry of Culture

2001

Died: in Cuba