Ángel Botello

(Puerto Rican, 1913–1986)

child with doll by ángel botello

Ángel Botello

Child with Doll, 1967

Price on Request

Biography

Timeline

1913
Born June 20, 1913 in Galicia, Spain
1920 - 1935
Moved to Bordeaux, France and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts
1935
Moved to Spain
received scholarship at the School of Art of the San Fernando Academy in madrid
1936 - 1939
joined the Republican Army as a cartographer during the Spanish Civil War
1939
Moved to France and then the Dominican Republic
1940
Traveled to Cuba
1944 - 1953
Moved to Haiti
1953
Moved to Puerto Rico and opened gallery at the Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan
1959
Traveled to Ravena Italy
1986
Died November 11, 1986 in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Exhibitions

2005
"Diaspora," Fundacion Luis Seoane, Coruna, Spain
"Diaspora: 10 artistas gallegos en el exilio latinoamericano," MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Vigo, Italy
1990
Christie's, London
1987
La Galerie Des Serbes Cannes, France
Sotheby's New York, NY
1980
Nahan Galleries Art Expo, Washington DC and New York
1977
Ponce Museum of Art, Puerto Rico
1972
Pratt Institute, Exxon Exhibition

Public Collections

Hakone Art Museum, Hakone, Japan
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
Fresno Art Institute, Fresno, California
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio
George Washington University, Washington, DC
Hispanic Museum, New York