Humberto Dionisio papers
name: label: Creator
content: Dionisio, Humberto, 1950-1987
label: Names
content: Dominquez, Zaida Ortega
label: Names
content: Rodriguez, Zoraida
label: Names
content: Saavedra, Nelia Dominguez
place: label: Place
content: Cuba -- Social life and customs
topic: label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Cuban Americans -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Cuban American art
label: Topic
content: Expatriate artists -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Cuba
label: Topic
content: Cuban American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Humberto Dionisio papers were donated by Jim Kitchens, a friend of Dionisio, in 1996.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dionisio, Humberto, 1950-1987
setName: label: See more items in
content: Humberto Dionisio papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Cuban born American painter Humberto Dionisio measure 2.7 linear feet and date from 1919 to 1990. The collection primarily documents Dionisio's relationships with his family, particularly his mother, through letters, photographs, financial records, printed material, and family memorabilia collected by Dionisio himself and by his mother, Zaida Ortega Dominguez.
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Humberto Dionisio was born in Cuba in 1950. During the 1970s he became a noted poster artist and completed his studies in Graphic Design at the Consejo Nacional de Cultura in Cuba in 1975. He arrived in Miami, Florida, via the Mariel boat lift in 1980, and achieved success in Miami as a painter from the mid to late 1980s. He died in March 1987 at the age of thirty-six.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1919-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dionhumb
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into two series. Each series is arranged into subseries according to record type.

Series 1: Humberto Dionisio Papers, 1926-1990, undated (Boxes 1-3; 1.7 linear feet)

Series 2: Zaida Ortega Dominguez Papers, 1919-circa 1980s, undated (Boxes 4-6; 0.9 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed by Rosa M. Fernández in 1997.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: The collection measures 2.7 linear feet, dates from 1919 to 1990, and includes letters, photographs, financial records, printed material, and family memorabilia. The papers of Dionisio primarily document his relationships with other family members and friends through photographs and letters received from his mother, Zaida Ortega Dominguez, and others. The collection also contains papers, photographs and original sketches (by Dominguez) collected by Dominguez herself which were in Dionisio's care. Papers relating specifically to Dionisio's work as an artist are represented to a lesser degree in this collection and consist primarily of printed material and photographs of Dionisio at work and at an exhibition of his work. There is also one original watercolor by Dionisio from 1985.