About the artist:

Eduardo Morales was born in Havana, Cuba in 1862. A considerable part of the Eduardo Morales’ scarce work is composed by landscapes of the Cuban countrysides. These artworks call the attention for the exquisite way of taking onto the canvases meticulous details that talk by themselves of his mastery at drawing. The carriages are a distinctive seal of his work, which he reproduced with sharp vision. He did some studies at San Alejandro Academy, but he interrupted them to participate in the struggle for the Cuban independence. Once the war was over, he entered into the National Police, and on his leisure time he used to paint. Later on, when he retired, he devoted himself to capture the charm of the Cuban landscapes. His work was included in the historical Exhibit 300 Anos de Arte en Cuba (3 Hundred Years of Art in Cuba), in whose occasion the artwork Volanta (Cuban Four-wheel Carriage) was exposed. His painting Carretas (Carts), of 1912, was presented in the Exhibit Pinturas Espanolas y Cubanas del Siglo XIX (Cuban and Spanish Paintings of the 19th Century), in Salamanca, Spain (1999). Morales studied at the Academia de San Alejandro in Havana and the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid. He was an army captain during the 1895 War of Independence and fought alongside the national Cuban hero Antonio Maceo. Morales painted the Cuban countryside and carriages of the Colonial Era. His grandfather's sugar mill is the subject of many of his paintings.