El bohío
Artist
Oscar Colón Delgado
(Puerto Rican, 1889-1968)
Date1937
Object number89.1693
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions28 7/8 x 32 7/8 in. (73.3 x 83.5 cm)
frame: 33 1/4 x 36 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (84.5 x 93.7 x 3.8 cm)
frame: 33 1/4 x 36 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (84.5 x 93.7 x 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Gift of Mrs. Carmen Ana R. de Costa and Mr. José D. Costa, in memory of Josefa Rojas de Cortés and Amelio Cortés Mendialdúa
Collections
DescriptionIn Oscar Colón Delgado’s landscapes, Puerto Rican natural scenery is portrayed alongside some of the archipelago’s most emblematic and popular symbols, such as the flamboyán, the banana tree, and the iconic bohío. Although the artist’s painting has been described as realist, the work extols the bohío, presenting it in an idyllic landscape. This composition, perhaps, reveals the artist’s interest in immortalizing Puerto Rico's emblems, rather than in representing the actual conditions of the Puerto Rican countryside during the first half of the twentieth century.
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