biografía de Lorenzo HOMAR (1913-2004)

Lugar de nacimiento: Puerta de Tierra, PR

Direcciones: Miramar, PR

Profesión: Printmaker, painter

Estudios: Pratt Inst., 1940-42; Brooklyn Mus. with Peterdi, Tamayo & Osver, 1946-50; Int.-Am. Univ. Puerto Rico (hon. D.F.A.); Gabor Peterdi.

Exposiciones: Leipzig Book Festival, 1965 (hon. men.); Tokyo Biennale, 1968; Poster Biennale, Warsaw, 1970; San Juan Biennale, 1970; Havana Exhib. Prints, Cuba, 1972. Awards: Guggenheim fellowship, 1957; Gal. Santiago, San Juan, PR, 1970s

Obra: LOC; MoMA; MMA; Klingspor Mus., Offenbach, West Germany; Poster Mus., Warsaw, Poland. Commissions: mural of olympic swimming pool, Dept. Parks, San Juan, 1967-68; mural of pub. sch., Dept. Educ., San Juan, 1971; portfolio, Blanco-Casals-Homar, Gal. Colibri, San Juan, 1971.

Comentarios: Preferred medium: silk-screen. Positions: jewelry des., Cartier Inc., NYC, 1938-50; dir. graphic workshop, Div. Community Educ., 1950-56; dir. graphic workshop, Inst. PR Culture, 1958-72. Teaching: master printing silkscreen, Int.-Am. Univ. PR, summer 1972; Cali, Colombia, 1972; Sch. Plastic Arts, Inst. PR Culture. Collections arranged: First San Juan Print Biennale; Retrospective Exh., Mus. Int. PR Culture, San Juan, 1970. Publications: auth., Los Renegados, 1962; illustr., children's book, Harcourt Brace & World, NY, 1969; auth., Aqui en la Lucha, 1970.

Fuentes: WW73; Lorenzo Homar & Fritz Eichenberg (auth.), Posters in Puerto Rico," Artist Proof, 6: 9-10; JosÈ Gomez Sicre "6 Puerto Rican Artists" (film), Pan Am. Union, 1968; Marta Traba, "Proposed Polemics on Puerto Rican Art," Lib. Int. Rio Piedras (PR, 1971). "