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Maria Ariza y Delance Curriculum
Maria Ariza y Delance (1880-1959)
Born in Havana in 1880. She studied the elementary and middle education at her own home, under her father’s guidance, the Architect Antonio Ariza y Pereira.
In 1907 she went to Europe in order to take painting lessons. She studied at the Julien Academy, in Paris. She resided in Spain, France and Belgium for 18 years where she devoted herself to the apprenticeship of the Fine Arts.
In 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1927 and 1928 she participated in the collective exhibits of the Fine Arts Salon, in Havana. In 1944 she exhibited her work at the First Juan Bautista Vermay Salon, and in 1949 her painting was included in the Exhibit La Mujer en la Plastica (Women in the Fine Arts), at the Lyceum, Havana. Among her prizes stands the one of Figure and Composition, awarded by the National Academy of Arts and Letters of Havana, in 1919, in reference to a painting made in Madrid named Consejos inutiles (Useless Advices).
In 1926 Maria Ariza became one of the Professors at the San Alejandro School of Arts, to teach the subject History of Art. In 1931 she additionally occupied the position of Secretary of the School under the direction of the Master Armando Menocal. Her artistic activity as a painter embraced several themes, such as: numerous landscapes of the Cuban countryside and some nudes. With her work of art Estudio (Studio), Maria Ariza participated in the historical exhibit of 1940, 300 Años de Arte en Cuba (3 Hundred Years of Art in Cuba). She passed away in Havana, on September 7, 1959.
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