Dr. Tamara Díaz Calcaño received her Ph.D. in Art History from the Complutense University of Madrid. Her research work focuses primarily on 19th-century Caribbean art and visual culture, and on artists’ movements between the Caribbean and Europe during this period. She currently teaches at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus.
Not just any seat, the duho is a ceremonial stool reserved for the highest ranking individuals in Taíno society.
As Puerto Rico’s most sought-after painter in the late 18th and early 19th century, José Campeche y Jordán holds an important and singular space in the art history of the Spanish Caribbean.
The well-regarded Puerto Rican artist José Campeche was commissioned by the city of San Juan to commemorate Castro's successful defense of the city from British troops in 1797.
These portraits remain important images of post-revolutionary Haiti and Christophe’s reign, encapsulating the complexities of his ambitions and the path he sought for his country in an international stage as the Americas’ first Black nation