Armando Menocal

[2] He first studied at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro in his native city, under Miguel Melero.

[2] In Spain he also became acquainted with the work of Joaquín Sorolla and the thinking of Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo.

Menocal later returned to Cuba to join the Liberation Forces in the Cuban War of Independence; upon its completion, he dedicated himself to the teaching of art, returning to his alma mater as a professor of landscape painting.

[3] His paintings decorated many public buildings around Havana, and today may be seen in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana.

He was also a member of Cuba's National Academy of Arts and Letters.