Ramón Carulla papers
name: label: Creator
content: Carulla, Ramón, 1938-
label: Names
content: Blanc, Giulio V.
label: Names
content: Cubiles, Miguel
label: Names
content: Cubiles, Miguel -- Photographs
label: Names
content: Cuevas, José Luis, 1934- -- Photographs
label: Names
content: Kundsen, Karen
label: Names
content: Luís, Fernando
label: Names
content: Mérida, Carlos, 1891-1984 -- Photographs
label: Names
content: Valerio, Andres -- Photographs
topic: label: Topic
content: Works of art
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Cuban American art
label: Topic
content: Cuban American artists
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Cuba
label: Topic
content: Expatriate artists -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Art, Cuban -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by Ramón Carulla in 1997.
creator: label: Creator
content: Carulla, Ramón, 1938-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ramón Carulla papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Ramón Carulla papers contain letters, photographs, printed material, an interview, sketchbooks, and artwork documenting the career of Cuban American painter Ramón Carulla.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Ramón Carulla was born in Havana, Cuba in 1938. In 1946 he moved to Miami with his father to attend public school, returning to Havana in 1953 to complete his schooling. In 1963 he began painting and had his first one-man show in 1967 at the Bacardi Gallery in Miami, where he had settled two years earlier. Although his work was initially abstract Carulla had moved towards figurative art by the late 1970s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.caruramo
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Mail art
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into five series:

Series 1: Letters and Biographical Material, 1971-1996 (box 1, 3 folders)

Series 2: Writings About Carulla and Interview, 1986-1995, undated (box 1, 3 folders)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1982-1994, undated (box 1, 2 folders)

Series 4: Photographs, 1980-1989, undated (box 1, 4 folders)

Series 5: Artwork, 1986-1994 (boxes 1-2, 3 items)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed by Rosa Fernández in 1998.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Mail art
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: This collection dates from 1971-1996, comprises 0.3 linear feet, and provides scattered documentation of the career of Cuban American painter Ramón Carulla. The collection contains letters to Carulla from artists and others; writings by others for and about Carulla; the transcript of an interview with Carulla; photographs of Carulla, friends, and his artwork; two sketchbooks; a painting; and printed matter including exhibition announcements and catalogs.