Roberto Álvarez Ríos

Roberto Álvarez Ríos
Born	(1932-09-17)17 September 1932 Havana, Cuba
Died	16 December 2015(2015-12-16) (aged 83) Saint-Benoît, Réunion

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); ISBN 978-0-917571-11-4
• Jose Viegas; Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx; (California Intl Arts 2004); ISBN 978-0-917571-12-1

External links

• Official site of Roberto Alvarez-Rios
• Cuban Foreign Ministry Press Release Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Professional Association of the Communist Party of Madrid
• World Data Research Center article
• Radio Habana Cuba article
• Cuban Foreign Ministry Press Release Archived 2008-03-15 at the Wayback Machine