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unusual facts about San Carlos Academy



Geles Cabrera

She studied in the San Carlos Academy in her native city and in the San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuba.

Ignacio Barrios

Despite studying for seven months at the San Carlos Academy (1948), for one year (1948–1949) at the La Esmeralda School of Painting and Sculpturing, where he was the student of the renowned muralist Raúl Anguiano, Ignacio Barrios is, in strict terms, a self-taught artist who is constantly striving to renovate and remodel his work.

Ramón Sagredo

Trained at San Carlos Academy from 1854 to 1859, he received praise for his Jesus on the road to Emmaus (including a positive review by Cuba's national poet José Martí).


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