ROBERTO LEWIS French trained and from THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA majored on portraits, mainly of natinal leaders but his post impessionist works were impressive. best known, Tamarindos. At present I cannot find an online copy as the painting is in private hands. Here are some other works Roberto Lewis Biography (b Panama City, 30 Sept 1874; d Panama City, 22 Sept 1949). Panamanian painter and teacher. He studied painting in Paris at the Académie des Beaux-Arts and in the studio of Léon Bonnat, combining the influence of academic and Post-Impressionist art. On his return to Panama in 1912 he was commissioned to paint the interiors of several new public buildings, among them the Teatro Nacional and the Palacio de Gobierno, which he decorated in the official Neo-classical style. He was an accomplished portraitist and numbered among his sitters many political figures, including numerous Panamanian governors and all the presidents of Panama from 1904 to 1948 (Panama City, Pal. Presidencial).
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