Julio Rosado del Valle
Cataño, PR, 1922 - San Juan, PR, 2008
Biography Details
Painter, draftsman, printmaker and designer, and illustrator. Rosado began his art training in the studio of Facundo Figueroa and at the University of Puerto Rico under Spanish painter Cristóbal Ruiz. In 1946, with a scholarship from the University of Puerto Rico, he attended the New School for Social Research in New York, where he was a student of Cuban painter Mario Carreño and Ecuadorian muralist Camilo Egas. In 1947 he traveled to Paris, where he visited museums and galleries; later, he studied at the Accademia di Belli Arte in Florence. In 1949 he was awarded a commission to paint a mural at the Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan. After his return to Puerto Rico for this project, Rosado del Valle worked as an illustrator at the recently created Community Education Division (DIVEDCO) of Departamento de Instrucción Pública and was co-founder of the Center for Puerto Rican Art. In 1954 he was appointed artist-in-residence at the University of Puerto Rico, a position that he held until 1982. In 1957, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship and spent a year painting in New York City. The very personal style of his work, which ranges from Realism to Abstraction, is a reflection of his constant exploration of the possibilities of expression. His painting is characterized by the use of drawing as a basis for the final canvas, and by the use of a palette knife to apply the pigments.
Artist Statement
“I wake up at dawn and think that the spirit exists or that I'm dead...Until the sun rises and I realize it's a new day... to continue painting”.
Julio Rosado del Valle
Formation
Education
1947-48
- Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy
1946
- University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- New School of Social Research, New York, United States
1945
- University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Professional Experience
1952- 2008
- Worked daily in his studio, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
1952-1982
- Artist in Residence. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1949-52
- Illustrator and book designer. División de Educación para la Comunidad, Departamento de Instrucción Pública, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2009
- El Plan Pictórico de lo Concreto: Julio Rosado del Valle, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1992
- Exposición permanente, Caixa de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
1991
- Julio Rosado del Valle, Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico
1989
- Julio Rosado del Valle, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan; Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Julio Rosado del Valle, Caixa de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Julio Rosado del Valle, Caixa de Laietana, Mataró, Barcelona, Spain
1988-89
- Con motivo del 5to. Centenario del Descubrimiento de América y Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1986
- Julio Rosado del Valle en la colección Amaury Rosa Silva, Galería Luiggi Marrozzini, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1985
- Trabajos sobre papel, colección Gustavo y Graciela Candelas, Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1982
- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1967
- Eastern State Connecticut State College, Willimantic, Connecticut, United States
- Julio Rosado del Valle, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
1965
- Pan American Union, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C., United States
1963
- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Caravan Gallery, New York, United States
1959-60
- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1954
- Sala de exposiciones, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1949
- Salón de Bellas Artes, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1946
- Galería de Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1945
- Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Group Shows
2013
- Interconexiones: Lecturas Curatoriales de la Colección del MAPR, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2007
- Contexto puertorriqueño: del rococó colonial al arte global, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1988
- The Latin American Presence in the United States: 1920-1970, Bronx Museum, New York, United States
1987
- 19na Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil; Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Puerto Rican Painting: Between Past and Present, Museo de Arte Moderno, Organization of Amercican States, Washington D.C., United States
1986
- 25 años de Pintura Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1985
- 10 años del Salón de la UNESCO, UNESCO, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1984
- New Forms of Figuration, The Center for Inter-American Relations, Lincoln Center, New York, United States
- Primer Congreso Puertorriqueño de Artistas Abstractos, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1978
- Bienal de Dibujo Internacional, Bronx Museum, New York, United States
1977
- Festival de las Artes el Salvador, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Homenaje a Rufino Tamayo, San Salvador, El Salvador
1974
- IV Exposición Internacional de Dibujos, Galería de Arte Moderno, Rijeka, Yugoslavia
1973
- Novena Bienal de Menton, France
- Exposición de Pintura Puertorriqueña, Bonn, Germany
1972
- II Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1971
- Galería El Morro, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Bienal de Arte Coltejer, Museo de la Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
1970
- Muestra Colectiva de Arte Latinoamericano, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- 200 años de Pintura Puertorriqueña, Casa Campeche, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1969
- El desnudo en el arte puertorriqueño, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Colección de arte permanente, Organización de Estados Americanos, Washington, D.C., Estados Unidos
- Arte Latinoamericano desde la Independencia, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
1967
- Exposición Latinoamericana de Dibujo y Grabado, Universidad Central, Caracas, Venezuela
- Exposición de Pintura Latinoamericana, Sala, Experimental, The Latin American Foundation, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1966
- Centenario del nacimiento poeta nicaragüense Rubén Darío, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
1965
- Puerto Rico: The New Life-itinerante a través de Estados Unidos, Latin American Art-St. Augustine Foundation, Florida, United States
1964
- Colecciones Privadas, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1963
- Arte Actual de España y América, Madrid, Spain
- Nineteenth National Graphics Exhibit, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., United States
1960
- Pintura Puertorriqueña Contemporánea, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Exhibición con motivo de la Primera Bienal Mexicana, Mexico City, Mexico
- II Bienal Interamericana de México, Mexico City, Mexico
1958
- Muestra de Pintura Contemporánea Puertorriqueña, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1957
- Modern Puerto Rican Art, Riverside Museum, New York, United States
- Artists of Puerto Rico, Unión Panamericana, Washington D.C., United States
- Exposición del Caribe, Houston Museum, Texas, United States
1955
- Arte de Puerto Rico, Community Art Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Awards, Distinctions and Achievements
1998
- Art and Culture Award. New York State Puerto Rican Hispanic Task Force Conference, New York, United States
1967
- Represents Puerto Rico in the exhibition, Latin American Art since Independence. At Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, México
1965
- Gold Medal. Friends of Puerto Rico Society, New York, United States
1957
- Grant. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, United Sates
1955-67
- Artist in Residence. Consejo de Educación Superior, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1953
- Gold Medal. Architectural League of New York Competition, New York, United States
1950
- Founding member. Centro de Arte Puertorriqueño en San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1949
- Award from “To Paint a Mural” competition. Sponsored by Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1947-48
- Visits and studies at the Louvre and other museums in Paris, Paris, France
1946
- Scholarship from University of Puerto Rico to study with Mario Carreño and Camilo Egas at the New School of Social Research
1945
- Scholarship. University of Puerto Rico to study drawing with Spanish painter Cristóbal Ruiz at the Fine Arts Department
Collections
- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bibliography
Books
Hermandad de Artistas Gráficos de Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Arte e Identidad. San Juan, P.R.: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1998.
Los tesoros de la pintura puertorriqueña. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. San Juan, P.R. 2000.
Moreira, Rubén. “El plan pictórico de lo concreto: Julio Rosado del Valle”, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, 2009.