Enrique Riverón (born 1902) was an American painter, sculptor, cartoonist, and illustrator.
Enrique Riveron | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1902 |
| Died | 1998 |
| Alma mater | Academia de San Fernando |
| Occupation(s) | painter, sculptor, cartoonist, illustrator |
| Employer | Walt Disney Studios |
Biography
editRiverión was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba. In the 1920s, he traveled to several European countries to study art under scholarship and attended the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid, Spain. His early works were Cubist and abstract. He returned to Cuba in 1927 and moved to the United States in 1937, becoming a US citizen in 1943.[1]
Riverón worked as a cartoonist at Walt Disney Studios, has his works shown in the United States, Latin America, and Europe, and his works reside in a permanent collection at the Miami-Dade Public Library. He died in 1998 in Coral Gables, Florida.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Biographical Note | A Finding Aid to the Enrique Riverón papers, 1918-1990s". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ "Riverón, Enrique". Cintas Foundation. Retrieved 2024-09-24.