Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Enrico Mario Santí Collection
Date(s)
Extent
3 Boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mario Santí was a Cuban sculptor born in Holguín province in 1911. He later moved to Havana and entered the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts where he graduated from Drawing and Painting and Drawing and Modelling in 1934. In 1935, when the Provincial Visual Arts School of Oriente was founded, he was appointed teacher of the Modelling Department of that school, where he taught for nine years. In 1943, through a process of competitive examinations, he became part of the faculty of the San Alejandro School. He exhibited his works in thirty national and foreign collective expositions and held three personal ones. His artistic triumphs include: First Prize, National Competition for executing a bust to poet José María Heredia in the city of Santiago de Cuba in 1939; First Prize in the National Competition to make a Monument to Mothers in the city of Cárdenas, 1945; First Prize for the Construction of a tomb worthy of José Martí, in the Santiago de Cuba cemetery, 1945; Second Prize in the Third National Exposition of the Ministry of Education of 1946 and First Prize in the Competition to build a Monument to Mothers in the city of Holguín.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Enrico Mario Santí Collection contains works, papers and memorabilia related to Cuban sculptor Mario Santí (1911-1988). Included are clippings, slides, typescripts, photographs of his works, and awards given to him. Also included is a curriculum vitae and audiovisual material.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please contact chc@miami.edu for more information.
Preferred citation: Enrico Mario Santí Collection, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
- Spanish
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
This collection was combined with Mario Santí collection (CHC5018) and the name was changed from Enrico Santí Video collection to Enrico Mario Santí Collection in August, 2016.
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Enrico M. Santí, 1996. A second donation was made in 1999.