Rafael Tufiño, Artist, Is Dead at 85
By Megan • Mar 17th, 2008 • Category: News for Creatives (archives)Stuart Laviettes reports for The New York Times:
“Rafael Tufiño, a painter and printmaker considered one of Puerto Rico’s most prominent cultural figures, died on Thursday in San Juan. He was 85 and lived in Old San Juan.
The cause was lung cancer, said Augusto Font, a friend.
An artist known as the “Painter of the People” for his canvases and posters depicting traditional aspects of life on the island, Mr. Tufiño will lie in state in the Galería Nacional del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña in San Juan before burial later this week. Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá, the governor of Puerto Rico, ordered flags to be flown at half-staff over the weekend in his honor.”
Megan is a creative producer at Wise Elephant.
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