Cundo Bermúdez

Cundo Bermúdez was a painter associated with Cuban Modernist movement, and best known for his colorful and humorous depictions of everyday life. Born in Havana, he studied painting at the Alejandro School of Fine Art in Havana, and later traveled to Mexico City to study drawing at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Art. There, he was strongly influenced by Mexican artists, such as Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, as well as by the previous generation of Cuban artists, such as Amelia Peláez and Carlos Enríquez.

Cuban, 1914-2008