TORRIENTE 



RICARDO DE LA TORRIENTE 



Painter; illustrator; car- 

 toonist. 



RlCARDO DE LA TORRIENTE Y TOR- 



riente was born at Matanzas, Cuba, on 

 the eighth of January, 1867. He was edu- 

 cated in Bordeaux, France, and in the 

 leading schools of Spain. After receiving 

 the degree of Bachelor of Arts he returned 

 to Cuba and devoted himself to artistic 

 labors. 



At the time of General Weyler's recon- 

 centration decree Torriente emigrated to 

 New York. He became associated with 

 well-known American cartoonists and was 

 for five years cartoonist for New York 

 daily papers the Journal, the Herald, and 

 the World. 



In 1900 he returned to Havana and be- 

 came professor in the National School of 

 Painting and Sculpture, which position he 



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