Leopoldo Romañach

Leopoldo Romañach y Guillen (1862–1951) was a Cuban painter. He was a professor of color theory at San Alejandro, won a number of awards. The Republic of Cuba granted him in 1950 the Great Cross of the National Order of Merit of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes.

The school "Escuela Provincial de Artes Plásticas “Leopoldo Romañach” in Santa Clara, Las Villas, Cuba was named after him.

Amelia Peláez, Lesbia Vent Dumois, Jesus Castellanos were among his students.

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