Roberto Jesús Álvarez Ríos (17 September 1932 – 16 December 2015) was a Cuban artist who specialised in painting and drawing.
Between 1951 and 1955, Alvarez studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" in Havana. In 1958, he studied drawing and painting in the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France.
Álvarez Ríos died in Saint-Benoît, Réunion on 16 December 2015, at the age of 83.
Individual exhibitions 1962 - "Roberto Álvarez Ríos" Galería de Arte, Galiano y Concordia, Havana, Cuba 2002 - "Roberto Álvarez Ríos. Exposition de Peintures". Galerie Foch, Rodez, France. 2003 - Galerie du Vieux Chateau, Saint-Jean le Thomas, France 2004 - Galerie Hang Art, Paris, France 2005 - Centre Culturel "Le Triangle", Huningue, France
Collective exhibitions 1955 - " XXXVI Salón de Bellas Artes", National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana 1959 - "Ière. Biennale de París", Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France 1994 - "Petits Formats", Espace Altura, Paris, France.
References
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 Intl Arts 2004);
External links Official site of Roberto Alvarez-Rios Cuban Foreign Ministry Press Release Professional Association of the Communist Party of Madrid World Data Research Center article Radio Habana Cuba article Cuban Foreign Ministry Press Release