Tomás Oliva papers
name: label: Creator
content: Oliva, Tomás, 1930-1996
label: Names
content: Díaz Peláez, José Antonio
label: Names
content: Levy-Angulo, Cyndee
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Cuba -- Havana
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- Cuba -- Havana
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Cuban American art
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Cuba
label: Topic
content: Expatriate artists -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Cuban American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Tomás Oliva papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Xiomara Almaguer-Levy in 1998.
creator: label: Creator
content: Oliva, Tomás, 1930-1996
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content: Tomás Oliva papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: This small collection of papers of Cuban born sculptor and painter Tomás Oliva measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1969-1996. Found among the papers are a chronology; life documents; exhibition catalogs, including one from the 1993 exhibition of three of the original Los Once Cuban artist's group forty years after their first exhibition in Havana; one letter from Cyndee Levy-Angulo;  notes and poetry; a photograph of Oliva with José Antonio Díaz Peláez; photographs of sculpture, two sketchbooks; and loose sketches and doodles.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Tomás Oliva (1930-1996) was a Cuban born sculptor, painter, and printmaker who worked in Havana up to the mid or late 1970s before relocating to Miami, Florida. 

Born in 1930 in Havana, Cuba, Oliva graduated from the San Alejandro Academy in Havana in 1952 with a dual degree in painting and sculpture. He also attended the Royal School of Ceramic La Moncloa in Spain and Ecole du Mosaic de Ravene et Ceramique de Faienze in Paris France. He also studied art and film animation with Ivan Zeiler and stage design with Ladislav Vihodil while living in Havana. 

Oliva was one of the founding members of the Cuban artists' group Los Once (The Eleven), active in Havana between 1953 and 1955.  Los Once consisted of 11 painters and sculptors-Pancho Antigua, René Avila, José Ignacio Bermudez, Agustin Cárdenas, Hugo Consuegra, Viredo Espinosa, Guido Llinás, Fayad Jamís, Tomás Oliva, José Antonio Díaz Peláez, and Antonio Vidal.  

In the mid to late 1970s, Oliva relocated to Miami, Florida and regularly exhibited there and across the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Europe, and Japan.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1969-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.olivtoma
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Sketches
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 1 series.

Series 1: Tomás Oliva Papers, circa 1969-1996 (Box 1; 0.2 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Elissa L. Jerome in 2016.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This small collection of papers of Cuban born sculptor and painter Tomás Oliva measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1969-1996. Found among the papers are a chronology; life documents; exhibition catalogs, including one from the 1993 exhibition of three of the original Los Once Cuban artist's group forty years after their first exhibition in Havana; one letter from Cyndee Levy-Angulo;  notes and poetry; a photograph of Oliva with José Antonio Díaz Peláez; photographs of sculpture, two sketchbooks; and loose sketches and doodles.