Julio Larraz

Julio Larraz (born 1944) is a Cuban painter and sculptor.

Biography

Julio Larraz was born in 1944 in Havana, Cuba, into a family of publishers and journalist. His parents were publishers of an important local newspaper. He began painting at an early age – mainly caricatures. In 1961 his family emigrated from Cuba to Miami. A year later they moved to Washington, D.C. and finally to New York where Julio resided for many years. In New York, the artist intensified his artistic knowledge while continuing to design political caricatures that were published regularly in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune and other important weekly papers during those years. From 1967 on, Larraz, who in the meantime had undertaken various activities, was able to dedicate himself to painting full-time. Several leading exponents of American art at that time contributed to his apprenticeship of pictorial techniques, particularly the great portrait artist Burt Silverman. The Pyramid Gallery of Washington presented his paintings in a collective exhibition in 1971. The following year Larraz exhibited at the New School for Social Research, NY, and in 1973 the FAR Gallery in New York organized his first one-man exhibition. In 1976 Larraz obtained recognition from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and also from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. In the same year, the Cintas Grant was bestowed on him by the Institute of International Education. The following year, Larraz moved to San Patricio in New Mexico, an area where the light and atmosphere fascinated him. In 1978 he made a move to Grandview, near New York city, where he met the gallery dealer Nohra Haime who represented him until 1994. In 1983 Larraz left Paris where he resided for two years, the returned to Miami. Between 1999 and 2003 the artist lived in Florence, Italy before returning to Miami where he currently resides with his family. Julio Larraz has been represented by Marlborough Gallery since 1998.

Individual Exhibitions

1971 Pyramid Galleries, Ltd., Washington, DC
1972 The New School for Social Research, New York, New York
1974 FAR Gallery, New York, New York
1976 Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Edward Hopper Landmark Preservation Foundation, Nyack, New York
1977 FAR Gallery, New York, New York
1979 Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York
1980 Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York
Hall Galleries, Fort Worth, Texas
1982 Works II Gallery, Southampton, New York
Belle Arts Gallery, Nyack, New York
Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, Florida
Center for Inter-American Relations Art Gallery, New York, New York
1983 Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Wichita Falls, Texas
Works II Gallery, Southampton, New York
Julio Larraz, FIAC, Paris, France (with Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York)
1984 Galería Iriarte, Bogota, Colombia
Julio Larraz: Recent Paintings, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York
Galería Arteconsult, Panama City, Panama
1985 Galleria Il Gabbiano, Rome, Italy
Julio Larraz: Recent Painting, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York
1986 Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
Julio Larraz: Watercolors and Pastels, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York
1987 Larraz, Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Hall Galleries, Dallas, Texas
1988 Ravel Gallery, Austin, Texas
Julio Larraz: Recent Paintings, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York
Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida
1989 Julio Larraz: Recent Paintings, Prints and Monotypes, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York
1990 Julio Larraz: Works on Paper, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
Prints, Colleen Greco Gallery, Nyack, New York
Janey Beggs Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Julio Larraz: Watercolors, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York
1991 Julio Larraz: Moments in Time, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York
1992 Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Julio Larraz: Witness to Silence, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York
Julio Larraz: Works on Paper, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
1994 Julio Larraz: Tropic of Cancer, Art Miami, Miami, Florida (with Ron Hall Gallery, Dallas, Texas)
1995 Julio Larraz, Gallerie Vallois, Paris, France
Julio Larraz: The Planets, The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa Florida
Peter Findlay Gallery, New York, New York
1996 Watercolors and Pastels by Julio Larraz, Peter Findlay Gallery, New York, New York
Recent Works by Julio Larraz, Ron Hall Gallery, Dallas, Texas
The Gulf Stream, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
Julio Larraz and Works on Paper by Julio Larraz, Ron Hall Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998 Julio Larraz, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
Julio Larraz, Museo Pedro de Osma, Lima, Peru
Julio Larraz, Galería Der Brucke, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1999 Julio Larraz, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
Julio Larraz, FIAC, Paris, France (with Galleria Tega, Milan, Italy)
2000 Julio Larraz, FIAC, Paris, France (with Galleria Tega, Milan, Italy)
Julio Larraz: New Works/Obras Recientes, Marlborough Florida, Boca Raton, Florida; traveled to Galería A.M.S. Marlborough, Santiago, Chile
2001 Julio Larraz, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
2002 Julio Larraz. Oeuvres récentes: peintures et sculptures, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Julio Larraz, Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, France
Julio Larraz: Potere assoluto, Galleria Tega, Milan, Italy
2003 Julio Larraz: L’ultimo sguardo dopo la Terra, Forni Galleria d’Arte, Bologna, Italy
2004 Julio Larraz: Treinta años de trabajo. obra sobre papel, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia; traveled to Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico; Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico; Museo de Arte Costarricense, San Jose, Costa Rica
Julio Larraz: Recent Paintings, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York (through 2005)
2005 Julio Larraz - trienta años de trabajo, Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador; traveled to Museo de Arte de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
Altri Soli/Other Suns, Tuscan Sun Festival, Cortona, Italy
Julio Larraz, Galleria D’Arte Contini, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
2006 Julio Larraz, Galleria D’Arte Contini, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
Julio Larraz: New Work, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York
2007 Julio Larraz: Giochi di potere, Chiesa e Chiostro di Sant’Agostino, Pietrasanta, Italy
2008 Julio Larraz, The Bellevue, Biarritz, France (in collaboration with Marlborough New York)
Omaggio a Julio Larraz, Galleria d’Arte Contini, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
Julio Larraz, MIART, Paris, France (with Galleria d’Arte Contini, Venice, Italy)

Group exhibitions

He was part of many collective exhibitions such as 1976 Exhibition of Works by Candidates for Art Awards,in The American Academy of Art and Letters/National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, U.S.A.; in 1985 Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (FIAC), Grand Palais, Paris, France (represented by Gallery Il Gabbiano, Rome Italy; and in 1992 Exposición arte cubano: Pasado y presente obra importante, Gary Nader Fine Art, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.

Awards

1975 Cintas Grant, Institute of International Education, New York, New York
1976 Grants, The American Academy of Arts and Letters and The National Institute of Arts and Letter, New York, New York
1977 Childe Hassam Fund Purchase Prize, The American Academy of Arts and Letters and The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, New York
1997 FACE Award, Facts About Cuban Exile, Miami, Florida

Public Collections

Berardo Museum Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
Cintas Foundation, New York, New York
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York
University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Bibliography

1974 Julio Fernandez Larraz: Paintings, Pastels, and Drawings. New York: FAR Gallery.
Magan, Doreen. “Julio Fernandez and His Rogues Gallery.” American Artist, pp. 52-57.
1975 Brown, Gordon. “Julio Fernandez Larraz.” Arts Magazine, January, p. 15.
1976 Haacke, Lorraine. “Handsome Show at Valley House.” Dallas Times Herald, February 5, p. 4E.
Winokur, James L. “Julio Larraz.” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May.
1977 Brown, Gordon. “Works on Paper.” Arts Magazine, September.
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1979 Bourdon, David. “Art: The Canopy Above: Artistic Perceptions of the Skies.” Architectural Digest, October, pp. 128-133.
Julio Larraz: Recent Paintings. New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries.
1980 Alloway, Lawrence. Realism and Latin American Painting: The Seventies. New York: Center for Inter-American Relations.
Julio Larraz: Recent Still Lifes. New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries.
1981 Haime, Nohra. Dibujantes Latinoamericanos en Nueva York. Bogota: Galería Garcés-Velasquez.
Julio Larraz. Fort Worth: Hall Galleries.
1983 Atwood, Judy. “Miami Bacardi Gallery Showing Larraz Works.” Times of the Americas, January 19, p. 8.
Joubert, Jean. Julio Larraz. Wichita: Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center.
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“New Perspectives. Paintings by Julio Larraz.” Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center Newsletter, Summer.
1984 Brubaker, Mary Jean. “Julio Larraz.” Hamptons Newspaper, August 11, pp. 8-9.
Gil Tovar, Francisco. “Julio Larraz.” El Tiempo, January.
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Marcos, Regina de. “Pintura: Julio Larraz.” Vanidades, Miami, December 10, p. 12.
1985 Julio Larraz: Recent Painting. New York: Nohra Haime Gallery.
1986 Betti, Claudia, and Teel Tale. Drawings: A Contemporary Approach. New York: Holt, Reinhard and Winston.
Brown, Gordon. “Art on Paper.” Arts Magazine, September.
Finch, Christopher. Julio Larraz: Watercolors and Pastels. New York: Nohra Haime Gallery. Garcia-Cisneros, Florencio. “Julio Larraz.” Noticias de Arte, New York, December, p. 5.
Ichaso, Mari Rodriguez. “El Mundo de Julio Larraz.” Vanidades Continental, pp. 10-11.
Monett, Alexandra and Lowery Sims. Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape. New Orleans: Contemporary Arts Center.
Zelenko, Lori. “Julio Larraz.” Art/World, December.
1987 Barrera, Yolanda. “Define la Obra de Larraz.” El Norte, March 29.
Fifth Anniversary Exhibition. New York: Nohra Haime Gallery.
Frank, Peter and Lori Zelenko. Julio Larraz. Monterrey: Museo de Monterrey (in collaboration with Nohra Haim Gallery, New York, New York).
Fuerra, Eulalio G. “Jorge García Murillo.” March 29.
Garcia, Fernando. “Julio Larraz pide luz al sol para sus obras.” El Norte, January 29, p. ID.
Hernandez, Raquel. “Julio Larraz: La Pintura es la única forma para crear.” ABC, January 29.
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McCombie, Mel. “Larraz’s Mundane Subjects Radiate Light and Strength.” Austin American-Statesman, November 26, p. F3.
“Revistas de arte elogian a pintores de AL.” The Miami Herald, March 20.
1988 Julio Larraz Recent Paintings. New York: Nohra Haime Gallery.
Melian, Maria. “Julio Larraz.” Arte, December.
Oppenheimer, Andres. “Julio Larraz. Master of Subtlety.” Palette Publications, p. 8.
Torruella, Susana. “Arte Latino.” Arte en Colombia, December, pp. 102-105, 160-161.
1989 Brenson, Michael. “Reviews.” New York Times, December 22, p. C33.
Lau, Jenni. “The World of Julio Larraz.” Women’s Wear Daily, November 16, p. 6.
Sullivan, Edward. Julio Larraz. New York: Hudson Hills Press.
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1990 Art in Embassies Collection. Bogota: Embassy of the United States in Bogota, Columbia, March, p. 14.
Bass, Ruth. “Julio Larraz.” ARTnews, October, pp. 179-180.

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“El Mundo de los Libros & Julio Larraz.” Noticias de Arte, December, p. 6.
Guevara, Roberto and Gabriel García Márquez. Figuracion Fabulacion. Caracas: Museo de Bellas Artes.
1991 Alzola, Concha. “Julio Larraz.” Vanidades, No. 24, p. 10.
Blanc, Giulio V. “Julio Larraz Watercolors.” Art Nexus, May, pp. 199, 168-169.
Cacioppo, Nancy. “Top local artists mount a sterling fund-raising exhibit.” Rockland Journal-News, May 29.
“Julio Larraz en Nohra Haime Gallery.” Noticias de Arte, March-April, p. 1.
Martinez, Dionisio D. Julio Larraz: Moments in Time. New York: Nohra Haime Gallery. (Art Papers, Vol. 15, No. 4, July/August 1991, p.61).
Mullarkey, Maureen. “Julio Larraz.” Arts Magazine, September, p. 67.
Myers, Adele. The Sterlington Exhibit: Art to Live With. Sterlington: Art Council of Rockland & Good Samaritan Hospital.
“Nature and Art are Wed at Sterlington Exhibit.” Happenings Magazine, September-October, Vol. 16, No. 6.
“Points of View in Landscape.” Art Nexus, May, pp. 113, 164-5.
Tallmer, Jerry. “Bold Man and the Sea.” The New York Post, April 5, p. 36.
“Works of 30 country artists opens to public in Sterlington.” Rockland Review, September 26, p. 27.
1992 Doherty, M. Stephen. “Painting Watercolor Sketches.” American Artist, August, pp. 58-65.
Julio Larraz: Witness to Silence. New York: Nohra Haime Gallery.
1994 Julio Larraz: Tropic of Cancer. Dallas: Ron Hall Gallery.
Kozik, K.K. “Julio Larraz.” Art Nexus, June, pp. 48-52.
Kozolchyk, Mirta. “Sabor Mediterráneo.” Vogue Magazine. Santiago, Francisco. “Está en México al artista cubano Julio Larraz.” Cultura/Reforma, September 29, p. 12.
Sullivan, Edward J. “Art: Latin American Still Lifes.” Architectural Digest, September, pp. 158-159.
1995 Julio Larraz: The Planets. Dallas: Ron Hall Gallery.
1996 Cubillos, Carlos. “Decoracion Internacional.” AXXIS, August, pp. 48-54.
Steinmetz, Klaus. “Sotheby’s and Christie’s – May 1996.” Art Nexus, October-December, pp. 104-106.
Squier, Prudence. “A Place in the Sun.” Southern Accents Magazine, July-August, pp. 90-97.
Sharp, Deborah. “Dream Maker.” Southern Accents Magazine, May-June, pp. 126-133.
Julio Larraz, The Planets. Dallas: Hall Gallery.
Sullivan, Edward, ed. Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century: Cuba. London: Phaidon, 1996, p. 96.
1997 Gutierrez, Fernando. “Latin American Paintings: Cuban Art at Auction.” Christie’s Art from the Americas, pp. 16-17.
Rey, Irán O., ed. Julio Larraz. Paintings/Pinturas. Coral Gables: Palette Publications.
1998 Bolge, George. “Julio Larraz: Diary of the Soul.” Boca Raton: Boca Raton Museum of Art.
Shaw, Edward. Julio Larraz, Don Quijote en el País de las Maravillas. Buenos Aires: Galería Der Brucke.
1999 Alvarez Bravo, Armando. “Julio Larraz: La Realidad de la Imaginación.” Arte al Día, July, No. 75, pp. 28-31.
Di Corato, Luigi. A Thought for Julio. Milan: Galleria Tega.
Romanini, Alessandro. “Julio Larraz; Declinations of Surprise.” Julio Larraz. Milan: Galleria Tega.
Sánchez, Amores Lidia. “Julio Larraz: Rebeldía en lo cotidiano.” Casa y Estilo Internacional, p. 24.
2000 Julio Larraz: New Works. Boca Raton: Marlborough Gallery.
Micieli, Nicola. “Una maliziosa strategia poetica del ‘tradimento’.” Julio Larraz. Milan: Galleria Tega.
2001 Calcagni, Giancarlo and Lorella Pagnucco Salvemini. “Alma visionaria.” ArteIn, pp. 21-27.
2002 Caprile, Luciano. “El Sueno es vida.” Julio Larraz: Potere assoluto. Milan: Galleria Tega.
Julio Larraz. Paris: Galerie Patrice Trigano.
Julio Larraz: Oeuvres récentes: peintures et sculptures. Monte Carlo: Marlborough Monaco.
2003 Arensi, Flavio. Julio Larraz: L’ultimo sguardo dopo la Terra. Venice: Galleria Forni.
Julio Larraz: Treinta años de Trabajo, obra sobre papel. Bogota: Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá.
La Fête. Biarritz: Pentagraf Impresores, S.L.
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Julio Larraz, Milan: Skira Editore.
2004 Elizondo, Lupina Lara, ed. “Resumen: Pintores y Pintura Mexicana, Julio Larraz/Hiroyuki Okumura.” Editorial Promoción de Arte Mexicano, Año 9, No. 71, September/October.
Sculptures Monumentales à Saint-Tropez. Monaco: Marlborough Monaco.
Sullivan, Edward J. “Julio Larraz: Between Stassis and Flux.” Julio Larraz: Recent Paintings. New York: Marlborough Gallery.
2005 Antei, Giorgio. Julio Larraz: Il sapere dell’occhio. Altri Soli/Other Suns. Cortona: Tuscan Sun Festival.
Barral, Alberto. “Review: New York: Julio Larraz, Galería Marlborough.” Art Nexus, No. 56, Vol. 3, pp. 152-153.
Leffingwell, Edward. “Julio Larraz at Marlborough.” Art in America, May, pp. 163-164.
Toniato, Toni. Le Visioni Recenti di Julio Larraz, lo style di un realista moderno. Cortina D’Ampezzo: Galleria D’Arte Contini.
2006 Carli, Carlo Fabrizio. “Un realismo imaginario.” Architectural Digest: Le Piu Belle del Mondo, May, pp.122-124.
Giutacchini, Enrico. “I Mondi Possibili di Julio Larraz.” Stile Arte, July-August, p. 68.
2007 Antei, Giorgio, ed. Julio Larraz: Giochi di Potere. Milan: Skira Editore.
Representation 2007: San Francisco and New York. San Francisco and New York: Jenkins Johnson Gallery, p. 34.
2008 Antei, Giorgio. “Revelations.” Julio Larraz: Biarritz, Le Bellevue. France: Ville de Biarritz.
Hiassen, Scott. “Melon a ‘Steal’ at Art Auction.” Miamiherald.com, August 31.
Latin American Art: Fernando Botero, Claudio Bravo, Kcho, Julio Larraz, Tomás Sánchez, Rufino Tamayo. New York: Marlborough Gallery.
2009 Mendoza, Alexis. Reflections: The Sensationalism of the Art from Cuba. Vol. I. Shelbyville, KY: WasteLand Press.

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); ISBN 9780917571114
• Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California International Arts 2004); ISBN 9780917571121 Template:Es icon
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