ブルックリン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (ブルックリン美術館Instagram)「Born in Puerto Rico in 1833, Francisco Oller became the most prominent Caribbean artist in the nineteenth century. Unlike other Caribbean artists at the time, he studied in Madrid and Paris, and, deeply influenced by the French styles of Realism, Naturalism, and Impressionism, he brought these techniques home in his practice and to the multiple art schools he founded in San Juan. At a time of imperialism and “exoticizing,” Oller depicted his homeland through the eyes of an insider. Painted 12 years after the abolition of slavery in the Spanish colonies, “Hacienda La Fortuna” is a solemn look at how little conditions had improved for formerly enslaved people in Puerto Rico. Though some workers continued on, now with meager pay, plantation owners employed fewer workers—as seen in this sparsely populated industrial landscape—who were worked even harder. Like many Puerto Rican intellectuals, Oller was an abolitionist. Records show that he also painted harsh realities of enslaved people earlier in his career. Though these works are now lost, they are remarkable, as censorship in the Spanish Empire reduced anti-slavery imagery. #reflectionsonthecaribbean⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Francisco Oller (Puerto Rican, 1833-1917). Hacienda La Fortuna, 1885. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Lilla Brown in memory of her husband, John W. Brown, by exchange, 2012.19」8月26日 1時17分