Eduardo Michaelsen
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Eduardo Michaelsen (18 April 1920 – 27 January 2010) born as Eduardo Apolonio Michaelsen y Rivery, was a Cuban-born painter. He was known mainly for naïve painting depicting Cuban folklore.
Born as Eduardo Apolonio Michaelsen y Rivery on 18 April 1920 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. In 1944, he studied for five months at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" in Havana. In 1967, he created a Course on Museography, at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana. Among visual arts he worked mainly in paintings. From 1955 until 1972, he was technical assistant in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana's restoration department.
He arrived in 1980 in the United States, via the Mariel Boatlift,[1] and resided in San Francisco, California until his death.
He died on 27 January 2010, aged 89 in San Francisco, California.[citation needed] A short documentary film titled "Eduardo Michaelsen -Color y Tradición" about his life and artistic creations was produced by Cuban film directors Rafael Matos and Rafael Arzuaga.[citation needed]
The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana have some of his works in their collection.[citation needed]
