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Santiago de las Vegas, Guines, and Havana. 

 In 1906 he was Professor ad interim of 

 Perspective, Anatomy, and the History of 

 Art in the School of Painting of Havana. 

 In 191 5 he was appointed Professor of 

 Drawing and Modeling in the Normal 

 School of Havana, and in 1916 he gained by 

 competitive examination the position of 

 Auxiliary to the Chair of Drawing in the 

 School of Pedagogy. 



In 191 7 Dr. Soler was elected Member 

 of the National Academy of Arts and 

 Letters and in 191 9 he was elected Presi- 

 dent of the University Pedagogical Asso- 

 ciation of Havana. 



The work of Dr. Soler in his various 

 classes since 1901 has been directed to 

 setting up new ideas and new methods in 

 Drawing, Modeling, and Chirography and 

 to combating the traditional forms and 

 methods based on antique doctrines. 



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