Juan Eduardo David Posada (born 25 April 1911, Las Villas, Cuba — died 8 August 1981, Havana) was a Cuban artist. He is known best for his drawings, illustrations, caricatures, and paintings.
Personal life David spent his early years in Spain with his mother and returned to Cuba in 1919. As a young adult, he worked in Cienfuegos, Cuba, and began studying art under Adolfo Meano. He had his first solo exhibition in 1931, displaying thirty caricatures at a photography shop in Santa Clara. The exhibition earned him comparisons to the Salvadoran caricaturist, Toño Salazar.
David had two siblings, Eduardo "Lolo" David and Maria "Lila" David.
At the same time, he formed Ariel, a political group that opposed the regime of President Gerardo Machado, with Carlos Rafael Rodríguez, Raúl Aparicio, and Rafael Viego. His political activities led to several arrests, and eventually to his departure from Santa Clara to Havana, in 1935. While in Havana, he continued to exhibit his work and worked with many magazines, including Isla, Resumen, Mediodía, Social, Patria, Grafos, and Bohemia.
Individual exhibitions 1931: Fotografía Santiago, Cienfuegos, Cuba 1937: David, Havana 1949: Lake Success, New York City 1962: David: Dibujos y Caricaturas, Havana 1978: 40 Caricaturas y algunas intromisiones. David, Havana 1981: Exposición Homenaje. 70 Aniversario. Juan David, Havana 2002: Juan David: La realidad trascendida, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana
Collective exhibitions 1939: XI Salón de Humoristas, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana 1948: Arte Cubano Contemporáneo," Tegucigalpa, Honduras 1968: Pittura Cubana Oggi, Istituto Italo Latinoamericano, Rome, Italy 1970: Salón 70, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana 1994: Nuevas Adquisiciones, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana
Awards 1939: XI Salón de Humoristas, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Havana 1950: First Prize Personal Caricature XVI Salón de Humoristas, Havana 1950: Second Prize Dibujo Humorístico, XVI Salón de Humoristas, Havana 1955: First Cartoon Prize, XXI Salón de Humoristas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana
Collections His works can be found in Museo del Humor, San Antonio de los Baños, Havana, and in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana.
References
Jose Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca. Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century. California/International Arts Foundation 2001. Jose Viegas. 'Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx. California International Arts 2004.
External links Drawing of Enrique Labrador Ruiz by Juan David , digitized by the Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries. Labrador Ruiz was a journalist, novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet exiled from Cuba in 1976.