Joaquin Ferrer

Joaquín Ferrer (b. Manzanilla, Cuba , 1929).

He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Havana but decided to work independently. In 1954, he exhibited for the first time. After 1958, Ferrer resotred and installed a Roman mosaic in the Museo Nacional in Havana. He also founded an engraving school with several friends. In 1960, after winning a government scholarship to continue his artistic education, he went to Paris and became a French citizen in 1979.