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 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | Paintings by Victor Emmanuel Garcia (1897-1969) Manuel Garcia Valdes was born in Havana in 1897 and died in 1969. Started to study painting at the age of 12 although was already painting since he was 6 or 7 years old. Studied in the San Alejandro School of Arts and at fourteen is named unofficially as a professor of elemental drawings. Studied with Romañac and was not until he was 19, that his own talent was revealed, as himself confessed. Opened his first exposition in Havana, at "Las Galleries", in 1924. Traveled to France in 1925 and toured the country for two years, where a group of artist in Montparnase named him "Victor Manuel." |
| Face value | 1 Centavo |
| Catalog code (Michel) | CU 2404 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number CU 2262 Yvert et Tellier CU 2127 Stanley Gibbons CU 2561 |
| Series | Cuban painters |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Issue date | 15/06/1979 |
| Print technique | Offset lithography |
| Perforation | comb 12¾ |
| Height | 45.00 mm |
| Width | 34.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
