Ramón Carulla papers, 1971-1996

Collection Information

Size: 0.3 Linear feet

Summary: The Ramón Carulla papers contain letters, photographs, printed material, an interview, sketchbooks, and artwork documenting the career of Cuban American painter Ramón Carulla.

Biographical/Historical Note

Ramón Carulla was born in Havana, Cuba in 1938. In 1946 he moved to Miami with his father to attend public school, returning to Havana in 1953 to complete his schooling. In 1963 he began painting and had his first one-man show in 1967 at the Bacardi Gallery in Miami, where he had settled two years earlier. Although his work was initially abstract Carulla had moved towards figurative art by the late 1970s.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by Ramón Carulla in 1997.

Language Note

The records are in English and Spanish.