1914
Born in Manzanillo, Cuba
1927
Exhibit of caricatures, La Fortuna shop windows, Manzanillo, Cuba
1930
Attends the San Alejandro Academy; studies sculpture with Juan José Sicre, Havana
1934-1936
Receives fine arts scholarship to Europe; studies sculpture with Charles Alexandre Malfray at the Academie Ranson, Paris
1937
Arrives in New York
1937-1939
Political cartoons for the Spanish language newspaper La Voz, New York, NY
1939
Returns to Cuba; works as political cartoonist for the newspaper Hoy, Havana, Cuba
1940
Travels to Mexico; works at the Taller de Gráfica Popular
1941
Returns to New York; takes classes at the Art Students League
1943
Marries Ilse Erythropel, sculptor
1943-1945
Serves in U.S. Army (England, Belgium, and France)
1946
Returns to New York; dedicates himself primarily to painting
1950
Moves with his wife and two daughters to Teaneck, NJ
1950-1956
Attends Art Students League; studies with Morris Kantor, New York, NY
1963-1965
Instructor of printmaking at Werkkunstschule, Krefeld, Germany
1967
Ilse Erythropel dies
1968
Begins to visit Cuba regularly
2002
Dies in Havana
One-man shows
1934
Sculpture exhibit, College of Architects, Havana
1939
Lyceum de La Habana, Havana
1948
Lyceum de La Habana, Havana
1954
Artists Gallery, New York, NY (first NY exhibit)
University of Havana, Havana
1956
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY
1955
Galeria Sudamericana New York, exhibition of Cuban paintings
1958
Galería Color-Luz, Havana
Galerie Gunar, Dusseldorf, Germany (with Ilse Erythropel)
Stadtische Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany
1960
Galerie Weiss, Kassel, Germany
Arts Club, Chicago, Ill.
Galerie Seide, Hannover, Germany
1961
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY
1963
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY
Werkkunstschule, Krefeld, Germany
1968
Casa de la Cultura, Plaza, Havana
1975
Galería Habana, Havana
1978
Casa de la Cultura, Plaza, Havana
1980
Casa de la Cultura, Plaza, Havana
Casa de la Cultura, Bejucal, Havana
1983
“Jardinero del garabato” Galería Habana, Havana
“Esfinges de la Guerra” Galería Plaza Vieja, Havana
1986
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes: Retrospectiva, 1940-1986, Havana
1988
Galería Angel Romero, Madrid
1990
Galerie Paris-Bastille, Paris
1992
Galería Habana, Havana
1994
Galería Charles Chaplin, Havana
1995
Mujeres, Galería MirArte, Centro de Prensa Internacional, Havana
1996
Galería Ángel Romero, Madrid
1997
Galería Espacio Abierto, Havana
“Memorias sin título”, Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Havana
1998
Galería Lausin & Blasco, Zaragoza
1999
Ventana abierta, Galería La Acacia, Havana
2003
Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Havana
2014
Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, Havana
Group shows
1934
XVII Salon de Bellas Artes, Havana
1935
Exposición Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Havana
1937
Exposición de Arte Moderno, Salon del Centro Dependiente, Havana
1938
II Exposición Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Havana
1940
Exposición 1940, Juárez, Mexico
1941
Exposición de Pintura y Escultura Moderna, Lyceum de La Habana, Havana
Exposición del Taller de Gráfica Popular de Mexico, Lyceum de La Habana, Havana
1943
Exposición del Patronato de las Artes Plásticas, Lyceum y Lawn Tennis Club, Havana
1944
Legación de Cuba en Moscú, Moscow
1945
Salón Vicente Escobar, Havana
Modern Cuban Painters, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
1946
Pintura cubana moderna, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico; Washington D.C.; La Plata, Argentina
III Exposición Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Havana
1948
College of Architects, Havana
1949
Contemporary Cuban Paintings, Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington, D.C.
International Watercolor Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Cuban Watercolors, South Loan Gallery, Kansas City, Mo.
1951
Art Cubain Contemporain, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris
V Salon Nacional, Havana
1952
Artists’ Gallery, New York, NY
1953
Cuban Paintings, Whyte Gallery, Washington, D.C.
VI Salon Nacional, Havana
1956
Fact and Fantasy, Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY
XXVIII Biennial, Venice
VIII Salón Nacional, Havana
1957
LXII American Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Modern Cuban Painting, Galeria Sudamericana, New York, NY
6th Annual Exhibition of New York Artists, Stable Gallery, New York, NY
American Paintings, 1945-1957, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minn.
Nine Painters, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc.
Art Lending Service, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Voss Gallery, Southampton, NY
Bertha Schaefer Gallery Group, New York, NY
1958
Collage in America, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY
Collage International, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Tex.
Realités Nouvelles, Recklinghausen, Germany
New Jersey Artists, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY
1959
20th Biennial International Watercolor Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY
1960
Galerie Seide, Hannover, Germany
1963
Cincuentenario del Museo Nacional, 1913-1963, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana
1964
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York, NY
Magnet: New York, Galeria Bonino, New York, NY
Magnet: Museo de Bellas Artes, Mexico1965
New Jersey and the Artist, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
1967
Art from New Jersey, 1967, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
1982
Salón Paisaje 82, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana
1984
1a. Bienal, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana
1986
2a. Bienal, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana
1992
Galerie Paris- Bastille, Paris 30. Anniversario del Taller Gráfica de La Habana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana
1993
Museo Nacional de Chile, Santiago
1994
Taller Experimental de Gráfica de la Catedral, Havana
1995
Salon de Arte Cubano Contemporaneo, Havana
1997
Galería La Acacia, Havana
2000
"Tono a tono", exposición de arte abstracto, Hotel Habana Libre, Havana
2001
Dos más uno no es igual a tres, Galería L., University of Havana, Havana
2003
"Jazztracción in memoriam", homenaje a Julio Girona y Frank Emilio, Museo de la Música, Havana
2008
"Palabra y Pincel" Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana
Consejo nacional de artes plásticas - permanent exhibit of honorees of the Premio de Artes Plásticas, Havana
2023
”Territorio para pensar: Más allá del arte y las cartografías”, Centro de Prensa Internacional, Havana