This commemorative print honors Dr. Arturo V. Dávila Rodríguez, selected by the Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades as Humanista del Año 2014, the organization’s highest distinction for outstanding contributions to humanistic knowledge in Puerto Rico. The award recognized his extensive work as a historian of Puerto Rican art, including research in painting, sculpture, architecture, religious art, silverwork, and the history of evangelization, as well as more than five decades of university teaching. Dávila spent 55 years on the faculty of the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras and became an important chronicler of the island’s visual and cultural history. The formal portrait design gives the poster the character of an institutional tribute, preserving the image of a scholar whose career was devoted to documenting, interpreting, and teaching Puerto Rico’s artistic patrimony.
This commemorative print honors Dr. Arturo V. Dávila Rodríguez, selected by the Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades as Humanista del Año 2014, the organization’s highest distinction for outstanding contributions to humanistic knowledge in Puerto Rico. The award recognized his extensive work as a historian of Puerto Rican art, including research in painting, sculpture, architecture, religious art, silverwork, and the history of evangelization, as well as more than five decades of university teaching. Dávila spent 55 years on the faculty of the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras and became an important chronicler of the island’s visual and cultural history. The formal portrait design gives the poster the character of an institutional tribute, preserving the image of a scholar whose career was devoted to documenting, interpreting, and teaching Puerto Rico’s artistic patrimony.