Featured Elio Huergo Lithograph

I bought this early this morning from my local thrift store. I have been searching on and off all day until now to try and find this artist, no luck.
sometimes people search better than I do, I hope he is a listed artist.
Does anyone know this artist or ever heard of him ?

Thank You

Billy D.

 

I can't find anything about this print but I think this may be related to "The Elio Huergo Collection" which is somehow affiliated with art.

 

If Elio Huergo Gomez is the same (the work LOOKS like his) painter he was Cuban (exiled) and died somewhere around 2000. I think his wife is still alive, but I don't remember her name...................sorry...............

 

Thanks Mansons, I appreciate your help.

 

If this IS the same guy, he was born in 1940 & died in 1997. He was exiled from Cuba, apparently lived for a time in Panama, and went on to study at the Art Institute of Chicago.

 

That's the person I was thinking of...................

 

Oh cool. Thank You

 

Random knowledge: should we call them Lithographs or Serigraphs? If you touch the print with your nail and you can feel the paint is somewhat thick over top of the paper, you likely have a serigraph. If you do the same thing and the paint feels thin or directly on the paper rather than on top of the paper, it's likely a lithograph.

 

Thanks Nate, good to know that.

 

I knew a man by that name in Tampa, Fla in 1974. I had a small painting of his until we had a house fire in 1996 & lost everything. My picture looked similar to yours.

 

As you're asking for help in identifying your work, is there a reason why you didn't post a close-up photograph of what appears to be the title? That would be the greatest help in identification.

Debora

 

I have copies of this Lithograph with a certificate of Authenticity.

 

The title of that painting is Celebration Deep in the Cuban Country Circa 1952

 

Juli, I have a small oil painting with his name on it and a signature "To Chad, May 2/75 Elio Huergo Gomez"

FWIW I lived in Tampa in 1975.

 

@Chad Tower. Juli hasn't visited this site since May 2019. Perhaps you might try a personal message if you expect an answer.

 

Thanks for the tip. I'll do that.

 

Jesús Elio Huergo Gómez el autor de esa pintura, de la que usted adquirirá esa serigrafía, que conmemora la celebración del 20 de mayo en una zona rural de Cuba. Nació en el Cerro, La Habana, Cuba, el 19 de junio de 1936 y murió en la Florida en 1997. Fue el tercer hijo del matrimonio de Rufino Huergo Sánchez, de origen asturiano, y Nieves Gómez Martinez, cubana. Estudio en la Academia San Alejandro. Fue un pintor activo en Cuba y en los Estados Unidos. Emigró a Panamá y después viajó a Estados Unidos para estudiar en el Instituto de Arte de Chicago. Parte de sus cuadros originales, entre ellos del que compraron la serigrafía, los conserva su hermana. Me honro de ser su sobrino.