Norberto Santana: Marina

Title:	Marina
Author:	Norberto Santana
Year:	1990
Medium:	Oil / Canvas
Size:	76.2 x 60.96 cm.
Collection:	Central Bank of the Dominican Republic

Brisas en el Palmar, by Miguel Núñez

Brisas en el Palmar, 1998
oil on canvas, 55x70 inches.

About the Artist
Miguel Núñez is from Santo Domingo. He is a graduate of the National School of Fine Arts.

Marianela Jiménez: Paisaje de Constanza

Title:	Paisaje de Constanza
Author:	Marianela Jiménez
Year:	1971
Medium:	Oil / Canvas
Size:	110 x 132 cm.
Collection:	Central Bank of the Dominican Republic

Marianela Jiménez (1925-2013)

Marianela Jiménez Reyes, born 1925 in Valverde, Mao, and died in 2013 in Santo Domingo.

She studied at the National School of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo, and at the workshops of  Celeste Woss y Gil, George Hausdorf and José Gausachs.

Between 1977 and 1979, she studied printmaking with the Club de Grabado de Montevideo in Uruguay.

She won numerous awards throughout her career, including the Medal of Honor from the National School of Fine Arts (1944), Second Prize for Painting at the Palacio de Bellas Artes Biennial (1950).

Jiménez participated in hundreds of group exhibitions in the Dominican Republic, Peru, Argentina, France, Spain and United States.

In 1989 she was appointed director of the National School of Fine Arts, which was requested by the teaching staff of the Academy.

In 1998, the Dominican government awarded Marianela Jiménez ranking within the Order of Duarte, Sanchez y Mella.

Rosángela Medina: Ciguapa para un Afiche

Title:	Ciguapa para un Afiche
Author:	Rosángela Medina
Year:	1982
Medium:	Acrylic / Paper
Size:	70 x 49 cms
Collection:	Melido Medina y Rosa Cabral

Map of Hispaniola from 1516

A reproduction of a map of Hispaniola from 1516, based on maps by Andrés de Morales (1477-1517), a Spanish cartographer and navigator.

Morales settled in Hispaniola after arriving on Columbus' 2nd voyage.

The map includes details of the villages, cities and ports of the island.