Miguel Pou
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Miguel Pou
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| Born |
Miguel Pou y Becerra 24 August 1880 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Died | 6 May 1968 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
| Education | Art Students League, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work |
Los Coches de Ponce La Promesa La Piquiña Mi Hijo Jaime La Catedral de Ponce |
| Movement | Impressionism |
| Awards |
Institute of Puerto Rican Culture Ateneo Puertorriqueño Ponce Progressive League |
| Patron(s) |
Museo de Arte de Ponce Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art Puerto Rico Museum of Art |
Miguel Pou Becerra (24 August 1880 - 6 May 1968) was a Puerto Rican oil canvas painter, draftsman, and art professor. Together with José Campeche and Francisco Oller, he has been called "one of Puerto Rico's greatest masters." He was an exponent of the impressionist movement. During his life he exhibited in 64 shows, of which 17 were solo, and won five gold medals.
Miguel Pou was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to Juan Bautista Pou Carreras and Margarita Becerra Julbe. Pou took drawing and painting lessons in Ponce. He began drawing with Pedro Clausells and painting with Spaniard Santiago Meana.
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from the Provincial Institute of Ponce in 1898, he worked as a teacher with the Department of Education. He became a public school teacher at age 20, and assistant superintendent in the Ponce School District in 1900.
In 1906, he completed the methodology course in teaching drawing at the Hyannis Normal School (now the Hyannis State Teachers College) in Massachusetts, United States. In 1909, he became director of the Dr. Rafael Pujals School in Ponce. He also married in 1909, to Ana Valldejuly.
In 1910 he established the Miguel Pou Academy in Ponce, an art school that stimulated numerous youngsters to develop an interest in art. He directed his school for the next forty years, until 1950. He was very much admired for his artistic works in Puerto Rico. In 1919, he briefly interrupted his presence at the art school to further his studies. In that year he studied in the United States at the Art Students League in New York City and in 1935 at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts. Miguel Pou studied painting and drawing intensively and also taught art.
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