Secundino Bermúdez y Delgado or simply Cundo Bermúdez (September 3, 1914 – October 30, 2008), was a Cuban painter.
Biography Born in Havana, Cuba, he died of a heart attack in his Westchester home on October 30, 2008.
In 1926, Bermudez was admitted at the 'Institute of Havana,' and in 1930 enrolled at the renowned Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro, where he studied painting for two years. In 1934, he entered the University of Havana to study law and social sciences. He graduated in 1941. Later, he traveled to Mexico and studied at the Academy of San Carlos. In 1949 he founded the Asociación de Pintores y Escultores de Cuba (APEC).
Individual exhibitions 1942 – "Cundo Bermúdez. Gouaches y Acuarelas", Lyceum, Havana, Cuba 1946 – Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico 1946 – Palacio de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1957 – "Exposición de Cundo Bermúdez", Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Peru 1974 – "Cundo Bermúdez Painting/Alfredo Lozano Sculptures", Bacardí Art Gallery, Miami, Florida 1979 – Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, D.C.
Collective exhibitions He was part of many collectives exhibitions such as: 1938 – "National Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures" at the Castillo de la Fuerza, Havana, Cuba 1940 – "Three hundred Years of Art in Cuba", University of Havana, Havana, Cuba 1941 – "Cuban Contemporary Art Exhibition", Lyceum, Havana, Cuba 1942 – "Some Contemporary Painters", Lyceum, Havana, Cuba 1943 – "An Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture Modern Cuban", José Gómez-Sicre Institution, Havana, Cuba 1944 – Cuban Painting Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City 1950 – "Pinturas". Cundo Bermúdez, Amelia Peláez and Martínez Pedro. Lyceum, Havana, Cuba 1951 – "I São Paulo Art Biennial", São Paulo, Brazil 1952 – "XXVI Biennale di Venezia", Venice, Italy 1953 – "II Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano", Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico 1994 – "Cuban Artists: Expressions in Graphics", Jadite Galleries, New York City
Awards Prize of Acquisition of the Gulf Caribbean Art Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, Houston, Texas 1972 – Hororable Mention, "Segunda Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano", Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico 1973 – "Homenaje a Picasso", Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), Washington, D.C. 1973 – 'Cintas Foundation Fellowship', New York City.
Collections Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida Kendall Art Center, Miami, Florida Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba Hotel Riviera, Havana, Cuba
Further reading Eduardo Luis Rodriguez: The Havana Guide: Modern Architecture 1925-1965. (Princeton Architectural Press 2000); Vicente Baez, Virilio Pinera, Calvert Casey, and Anton Arrufat, Editors: Pintores Cubanos, Editors; Ediciones Revolucion, Havana, Cuba 1962 Jose Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca; Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century. (California/International Arts Foundation 2001); Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo XX. (California International Arts 2004);
External links
Vanguard and Contemporary Cuban Art The artist's website Contacto magazine article Cundo Bermúdez Scrapbook at the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art