Zone d'identification
Nom et localisation du dépôt
Niveau de description
Collection
Titre
Enrico Mario Santí Collection
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Importance matérielle
3 Boxes
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
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.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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.
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
This collection is open for research.
Accès physique
Accès technique
Conditions de 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.
Langue des documents
- anglais
- espagnol
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Instruments de recherche
Éléments d'acquisition et d'évaluation
Historique de la conservation
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.
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Gift of Enrico M. Santí, 1996. A second donation was made in 1999.