By: Claudia Gomez. Havana, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Police have recovered a valuable painting by prestigious artist Victor Manuel García that had been stolen a month ago in the island's central province of Santa Clara, and the thieves were captured, reported the local press. The work "Cuban Landscape" was damaged during the robbery in the Provincial Center of Cultural Heritage of the city of Santa Clara. Now the work will undergo a restoration and preservation process, added the local newspaper Vanguardia.">By: Claudia Gomez. Havana, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Police have recovered a valuable painting by prestigious artist Victor Manuel García that had been stolen a month ago in the island's central province of Santa Clara, and the thieves were captured, reported the local press. The work "Cuban Landscape" was damaged during the robbery in the Provincial Center of Cultural Heritage of the city of Santa Clara. Now the work will undergo a restoration and preservation process, added the local newspaper Vanguardia.">

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Cuba: Police Recovered Victor Manuel's Painting

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  • 08 / 25 / 2011

By: Claudia Gomez. Havana, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Police have recovered a valuable painting by prestigious artist Victor Manuel García that had been stolen a month ago in the island's central province of Santa Clara, and the thieves were captured, reported the local press.

The work "Cuban Landscape" was damaged during the robbery in the Provincial Center of Cultural Heritage of the city of Santa Clara. Now the work will undergo a restoration and preservation process, added the local newspaper Vanguardia.

Police officers captured Calixto Junquera García, the mastermind of the robbery, when he was trying to leave the country through the maritime zone of Chambas, in the neighboring province of Ciego de Avila.

Together with Junquera, Frank Espinosa Nicolás and Ernesto Pastor Gallardo Bernardoare were arrested and are waiting trial.

The painting, a 54 X 40 centimeter wash drawing on card reproduces a Cuban rural landscape.

Victor Manuel (1897-1969) who's emblematic work is "Gitana Tropical" (Tropical Gypsy Girl -1929), is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century Cuban painting, and a leading exponent of the avant/garde movement.

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