Background
Libby, Gary Russell was born on June 7, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles W. and Sylvia P. Libby.
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Cuba: A History in Art
( Reviews from the first edition: “Informs the reader...)
Reviews from the first edition: “Informs the reader of various factors, influences, and historical developments that contributed to the art of Cuba . . . an important resource pertinent to our field’s continued emphasis regarding cultural diversity.”— National Art Education Association News “This very special selection from the Cuban Foundation Collection traces the development and flowering of the arts in Cuba from the 1600s to 1959 and helps to establish a link for Floridians of Cuban heritage with their rich Cuban culture.”—Sandra Mortham, Florida Secretary of State The history of fine art in Cuba began in the colonial period and burst onto the international scene near the end of World War II with a groundbreaking show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Now available in a revised edition, Cuba: A History in Art offers one of the most comprehensive surveys of Cuban art available anywhere. Richly illustrated in full color, this volume is the first to present many of the most important Cuban paintings in the collection of the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach—called the “best of its kind” by Miami El Herald editor Roberto Fabricio. Featuring highlights on permanent exhibition, it includes landscapes, still lifes, portraits, genre and abstract works by the most important Cuban painters active between 1725 and 1959. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, these masters developed a unique tropical style based on European prototypes. After the First World War, Cuba blossomed with a new vision, full of the color and rhythms of a sophisticated modernism. Essays by renowned art historians Gary Libby and Juan Martínez offer a general aesthetic, historical, social, and cultural overview of Cuban art, providing context for their insights on these particular masterpieces. Especially interesting is the explanation of the convergence of cultural and political forces early in the twentieth century that made Havana and Cuba a center of modernism. A concise overview of a magnificent artistic tradition, this volume is a must-have addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in how the Americas influenced the history of art.
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Two Centuries of Cuban Art: 1759-1959
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Coast to Coast: The Contemporary Landscape in Florida
(Paintings of the landscapes of Florida with essays; beaut...)
Paintings of the landscapes of Florida with essays; beautiful large book with glossy pages
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Cuba--A History in Art
( Richly illustrated in full color, this volume is the fi...)
Richly illustrated in full color, this volume is the first to present many of the most important Cuban paintings in the collection of The Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach—called the “best of its kind” by Miami El Herald editor Roberto Fabricio. It contains the work of 30 Cuban artists and includes an essay on each artist and painting that provides an aesthetic, historical, social, and cultural overview. Of particular interest to Cuban art aficionados are essays by art historians Gary Libby and Juan Martinez, who discuss the rise of a Cuban style, its flowering in the Republican Period from 1902 to 1959, and the convergence of forces that made Havana a center of New World modernism in the early 20th century. Gary Libby also discusses the development of photography as an instrument of commerce and art.
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Gary Russell Libby
Edit Profilewriter Museum director emeritus
Education
Bachelor, University Florida, 1967. Master of Arts (National Defense Education Act fellow), University Florida, 1968. Master of Arts, Tulane University, 1972.
Career
Instructor English Tulane University, 1968-1971. Assistant professor Stetson University, Deland, Florida, 1972-1977, visiting professor, 1977-1986. Director Museum Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, 1977—2001, 2004—2005, director emeritus, since 2002.
Reviewer Institute Museum Services. Panelist Museum Assessment Program. Reviewer Accreditation Commission of America Association Museum.
Consultant in field.
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Works
book
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Cuba--A History in Art
( Richly illustrated in full color, this volume is the fi...)
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Cuba: A History in Art
( Reviews from the first edition: “Informs the reader...)
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Coast to Coast: The Contemporary Landscape in Florida
(Paintings of the landscapes of Florida with essays; beaut...)
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Cuba--A History in Art by Gary R. Libby (2006-01-09)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
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Two Centuries of Cuban Art: 1759-1959
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- Cuba--A History in Art by Gary R. Libby (2006-01-09)
- Cuba: A History in Art by Gary R. Libby (2015-03-17)
- Cuba: A History in Art by Gary R. Libby (2015-02-28)
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Cuba--A History in Art
Membership
Trustee Cuban Foundation. Member artists in education panel, visual arts panel, youth and children's museum panel, science museum panel Florida Arts. Council, 2005—2007; panelist Challenge Grant Program, Cultural Institutions Program.
Member history museum grants panel Florida Division History. Member Halifax Area Advertising Authority, 1999—2008. Member advisory board Daytona Beach Economic Development, 1999—2004.
Vice chairman Mainstreet Redevelopment Board, 2004—2006. Member, chairman advisory board Environmental, Cultural, History, and Outdoors, 2001—2005, chnn., 2007—2008, since 2010. Member Cultural Council Volusia County, 2002—2003, 2009, Daytona Beach Charter Review.
Member mayor's cabinet City of Daytona Beach, 2008. Vice president History Pinewood, 2005—2009. Member board advisors Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, 2007—2009, trustee, since 2008.
President Heritage Preservation Trust, since 2008. Chairman arts and entertainment Halifax Area Advertising Authority, since 2003. Member of City Daytona Beach (board adjustments since 2008), Cuban Foundation (vice president 2006-2007), Florida Cultural and Educational Alliance (board directors 1995), Florida Association Museum 1992-1998, (secretary 1995-1998), Florida Art Museum Directors Association (government liaison 1990-1995, president 1995-1997).
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Nationality
American
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1967
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1968
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1972
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1968 - 1971
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1972 - 1977
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1977 - 2001
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2004 - 2005