M ORE Y 



ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ MOREY 



Painter; director, 

 teacher of Art. 



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Antonio Rodriguez Morey was born 

 on the fourth of March, 1874, in Havana 

 and there in his native city he gained his 

 first instruction in the art of painting to 

 which he has devoted himself. His early- 

 studies in design were made in the Acad- 

 emy of San Alejandro de la Habana, and 

 those in painting under the Cuban painters : 

 Juan Ruiz and Miguel Arias. For further 

 instruction he sailed in 1891 to Italy and 

 continued his work in scenic painting and 

 perspective under the celebrated painter 

 Giovanni Lessi. In 1892, with the advice 

 of Lessi, he entered the Scuola Prof essionale 

 delli Arti Decorative where he won several 

 prizes and the title Pintor escenografo. In 

 1895 Morey passed on to Rome where he 

 entered the examinations and won one of 



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