Genoveva Báez – Patio of the Báez home, 1950

Patio of the Báez home
Oil on cardboard, 55 by 76 cms, completed in 1950

Genoveva Báez (1895-1980) was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Genoveva Báez – Patio of the Báez home, 1970

Patio of the Báez home
Oil on canvas, 63 by 40.5 cms., completed in 1970

Genoveva Báez (1895-1980) was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Genoveva Báez – Twins, Chita and Mayán Báez, 1940

Twins, Chita and Mayán Báez
Oil on cardbaord, 13 by 18 inches, completed in 1940

Genoveva Báez (1895-1980) was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Genoveva Báez – Pucho, portrait of a cat

Pucho, portrait of a cat
Oil on cardboard, 15 by 19 inches

Genoveva Báez (1895-1980) was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Genoveva Báez – Old House of Tostado

Old House of Tostado
Oil on cardboard, 19 by 24 inches

Genoveva Báez (1895-1980) was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Genoveva Báez – The House of Tostado

View of the House of Tostado
Oil on cardboard, 19 by 24 inches

Genoveva Báez (1895-1980) was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Angel Jimenez – Flowers in Life (2017-2018)

Angel Jimenez's "Flowers in Life" (Flores en Vida) is a series of watercolor paintings on 20 by 20 inches canvas created between 2017 and 2018.

Angel Jimenez is from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Iris de Mondesert – Colmado, 2015

Colmado (grocery store)
Watercolor and color pencil on canson paper, 15 by 11 inches, completed in 2015

Iris de Mondesert was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1954.

Clara Ledesma – Ozama, 1956

Ozama
Oil on canvas, completed in 1956

Clara Ledesma (1924–1999) was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic.

Julia Santos Solomon — Birth of Anacaona, 2018

Birth of Anacaona
Completed in 2018

The "Birth of Anacaona" by Julia Santos Solomon, is a reinterpretation of the painting "Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli.

Julia Santos Solomon was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in the United States.

Leopoldo Perez — Sailboats at sunset, 1993

Sailboats at sunset
Acrylic on canvas, 30 by 30 inches, completed in 1993

Leopoldo Pérez, also known by his signature "Lepe," was born in Santo Domingo, in 1937.

Rosaly Martinez - Enzarzadas, 2016

Enzarzadas
Oil on canvas, 40 by 30 inches, completed in 2016

A reinterpretation of the painting "Las dos hermanas" by Théodore Chassériau, completed in 1843.

Rosaly Martinez (1989) was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Luis Desangles - The Birth of Venus, 1896

The Birth of Venus (El Nacimiento de Venus)
Oil on canvas, completed in 1896

A reproduction by Luis Desangles (1861-1940, Santo Domingo), of the French artist Alexandre Cabanel's painting of the same name.

Cabanel painted two versions of The Birth of Venus, the first in 1863, and a smaller version commissioned in 1875.

Luis Desangles - Duarte, 1913

Duarte
Oil on canvas, 60 by 40 inches, completed in 1913

Luis Desangles (Sisito), was born 1861 in Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic. He died on 1940, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

5 Paintings For Valentine's Day 2018

Here are five paintings by five great Dominican Artist, to help inspire you on this Valentine's Day... It's also National Call in Single Day.

Los amantes (The Lovers), by Gilberto Hernández Ortega

Untitled, by Marie Jimenez

Lovers underwater (Amantes bajo el agua), by Leopoldo Perez

El manto de la noche (The cloak of night), by Fernando Peña Defilló

Lovers in the light of the moon (Amantes a la luz de la luna), by Oskar Bethencourt

Ed Vasquez - Prison and freedom, 2017

Prison and Freedom
Completed in 2017

Ed Vasquez is from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Ivan Tovar - Still Life, 1961

Still life with bottle and pitcher
Oil on canvas, 12x16 inches, completed in 1961

Ivan Tovar (1942-2020) was born in San Francisco de Macoris, Domincan Republic.

Retrato de Juan Bosch, de Zoraidy Garcia

Acrílica sobre tela. Formato: 50 x 40 pulg. Año: 2018.

Zoraidy García Fermín, rtista plástica dominicana, nació el 20 de septiembre del 1988 en Santiago Rodríguez, República Dominicana.

Diogenes Santana - The Echavainistas, 2010

The Echavainistas
Mixed media on canvas, 41x41 inches, completed in 2010

Diogenes Santana (b. 1967) is from San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic.

Diogenes Santana - Luis Vainon Purse, 2011

Luis Vainon Purse
Mixed media on canvas, 70 x 70 cms, completed in 2011

Diogenes Santana (b. 1967) is from San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic.

Diogenes Santana - Patagonia, 2002

Patagonia
Mixed media on canvas, completed in 2002

Diogenes Santana (b. 1967) is from San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic.

Narcizo Rodriguez - Nude, 2012

Nude Acrylic on canvas, completed in 2012

Narcizo Rodriguez (b. 1983) is a self-taught artist from Yamasá, a municipality of the Monte Plata province in the Dominican Republic.

Narcizo Rodriguez - Natural aura, 2017

Natural aura
Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 50 inches, completed in 2017

Narcizo Rodriguez (b. 1983) is a self-taught artist from Yamasá, a municipality of the Monte Plata province in the Dominican Republic.

Charlie Quezada - Self portrait, 2016

Self portrait, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 inches, completed in 2016

Charlie Quezada, born 1986, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Education
2010 - 2012 Parsons The New School New, York Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Arts.
2008 - 2010 Altos De Chavón The School of Design, Dominican Republic Associated Degree in Illustration and Fine Arts.

Rafael de Lemos - Don't say everything on your mind, 2018

Don't say everything on your mind (No digas todo lo que piensas), acrylic on canvas, completed on 2018

Rafael de Lemos nació en 1951, en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. Se graduó de la Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña.

Lucia Hierro - Navideño (2016-2017)

Navideño, 2'x4' feet, Digital Print on Fabric/Felt/Mixed Fabrics/stretched on foam, completed in 2017.

Lucia Hierro is a Dominican American conceptual artist born and raised in New York City, Washington Heights/Inwood. She received a BFA from SUNY Purchase (2010) and an MFA from Yale School of Art (2013).

Candido Bido - Woman in profile, 1984

Woman in profile, acrylic on canvas, 60x75 cms, completed in 1984

Candido Bido was born in Bonao in 1936, he died in 2011

Candido Bido - Eating Watermelons, 1965

Eating Watermelons, oil on canvas, 100x80 cms, completed in 1965

Candido Bido was born in Bonao in 1936, he died in 2011

Candido Bido - Adam and Eve, 1986

Adam and Eve, acrylic on canvas, 151x127 cms, completed in 1986

Candido Bido was born in Bonao in 1936, he died in 2011

Candido Bido - Woman with a dove, 1979

Woman with a dove, oil and acrylic on canvas, 77 x 60 cms, completed in 1979

Candido Bido was born in Bonao in 1936, he died in 2011

Candido Bido - Still life, 1978

Still life, acrylic on canvas, 30x40 cms, completed in 1978

Candido Bido was born in Bonao in 1936, he died in 2011

Wilson Abreu - The anguished one, 2018

The anguished one, acrylic and ink on paper, completed in 2018

Wilson Abreu was born in Constanza, in 1972

Rosa Tavarez - Platanero, 1982

Platanero, by Rosa Tavarez (Santiago, born 1939). Oil on canvas, 35 x 27 inches, completed in 1982.

Rosa Tavárez (27 de abril de 1939 - 5 de de febrero de 2023) nació en Santiago de los Caballeros, República Dominicana, ubicada en la parte norte del país. Estudió arte bajo la guía de los grandes artistas dominicanos; Yoryi Morel, Jaime Colson, Celeste Woss y Gil y Gilberto Hernández Ortega.

Aprende más sobre la vida de la artista Rosa Tavarez.

Paul Giudicelli - Ethnology, 1962

Ethnology, by Paul Giudicelli (San Pedro de Macoris, 1921-1965).

Mixed media on canvas, 31 x 37 inches, completed in 1962,

Paul Giudicelli - Woman tilling the earth, 1961

Woman tilling the earth (Mujer labrando la tierra), by Paul Giudicelli (San Pedro de Macoris, 1921-1965).

Mixed media on canvas, 39 x 31 inches, completed in 1961.

Candido Bido - Mothers in blue, 1989

Mothers, in blue (Madres en azul), by Candido Bido (Bonao, 1936-2011).

Acrylic on canvas, completed in 1989.

Hulda Guzman - Spiral Geckos, 2017

Spiral Geckos, by Hulda Guzman (Santo Domingo, 1984).

Acrylic and oil on wood veneer on sintra board, 24 x 39 inches, completed in 2017.