"Catalog of exhibition researched and organized by the Fundación Museo Arturo Michelena in Caracas, which identified approximately 30 original paintings by this forerunner of Venezuelan art, and one of the first Venezuelan painters of the Third Republican Period. Essay on the artist by Francisco Da Antonio. Evelyn Ramos Guerrero gives a general overview of the portraits painted by Michelena. Natalia Díaz places artist in context. Good color reproductions and additional archival material make this publication of great value"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.