Miguel Padura

The night watch

2014

Beautiful still life painting with amazing detail on the colors and shapes. Miguel Padura was born in Havana in 1957. “I was four years old when my family moved to Rodas, in the pr...

Carlos Enrique Alvarez Delgado (1976, Pinar del Río, Cuba) studied at the E.V.A. Raúl Sánchez (Pinar del Río) and later at the National School of Plast...

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Carlos Enrique Alvarez Delgado (1976, Pinar del Río, Cuba) studied at the E.V.A. Raúl Sánchez (Pinar del Río) and later at the National School of Plast...

Miguel Padura was born in Havana in 1957. "I was four years old when my family moved to Rodas, in the province of Las Villas. My father was an engineer, ...

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