Cuca RomleyOperation Sail, Statue of Liberty 1986, Operation Sail, Statue of Liberty, 1986

Artist: Cuca Romley– Spanish/American, b.1933
Title: Operation Sail
Year: 1986
Medium: Color etching
Image size: 17.5 x 24.75 inches.
Sheet size: 22.25 x 30 nches.
Paper: Tiepolo Fabriano
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Edition: Numbered 5/10 H.C in pencil
Condition: Excellent, has never been framed

Cuca Romley is in her eighties, and currently based in Spain after spending decades in New York City. She was trained at The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA), a distinguished National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France.

The artist won several noted awards for her art in her native Spain, and in Paris, France. She worked as an artist and also had a career in advertising, illustration and interior design, in Spain, France and New York. As an artist, she has had solo and group exhibitions first Paris, France, Monaco, Japan, Spain and the US.

Cuca Romley’s etchings of both famous and little places around the world are depicted with a remarkable attention to detail, a style that belies her sophisticated sense of line and color. These etchings capture a bygone era of a city in flux, and a snap shot of a classic image of a place. Each plate is etched with patience and a thoroughness reminiscence of the earlier days of engraving, in exquisite and fine detail.

Romley creates her intricate design on the etching ground that covers the copper plate. After the acid has etched the lines into the copper plate she engraves the details into the plate with a burin until the image is completed. For each individual print, a master printer must ink the plate and wipe the surface clean. The plate is placed on the bed of the press and the previously wet paper 100% cotton Tiepolo Fabriano covering the plate, is passed through the press, and that completes the printing process.

After the printing ink has dried for a couple of days, the etching is ready for the hand coloring by the artist. There are often more than 30 colors in one of Romley’s images. Each print can take up to 6 hours to color; these colors impart a subtle transparent effect that compliments the delicacy of the line.

2016 Group Show – Guild Hall, East Hampton, N.Y., USA
2013-16 Barcelona Design Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2010 Group Show – Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, N.Y., USA
Group Show – Guild Hall, East Hampton, N.Y., USA
Group Show – Gallery International Naive Art, N.Y., USA
2009 Group Show – Gallery International Naive Art, N.Y., USA
2008 Group Show – Gallery International Naive Art, N.Y., USA
Group Show – Guild Hall, East Hampton, N.Y., USA
Group Show – The Winter Tree Gallery, Sag Harbor, N.Y., USA
Gina Gallery, New York, N.Y., USA
Guild Hall, East Hampton, N.Y., USA
2007 The Cordova Gallery, Greenport, N.Y., USA
2006 One Person Show – JP Morgan Chase, New York, N.Y., USA
The Winter Tree Gallery, Sag Harbor, N.Y., USA
2005 One Person Show – JP Morgan Chase, New York, N.Y., USA
The Winter Tree Gallery, Sag Harbor, N.Y., USA
2004 One Person Show – JP Morgan Chase, New York, N.Y., USA
2003 One Person Show – JP Morgan Chase, New York, N.Y., USA
One Person Show – Galerie Select, East Hampton, N.Y., USA
Group Show – Frank F. Miele Gallery, New York, N.Y., USA
2002 Group Show – Eugenia Cucalon Gallery, New York, N.Y., USA
2001 One Person Show – New York Institute of Technology, New York, N.Y., USA
One Person Show – Frank F. Miele Gallery, New York, N.Y., USA
2000 One Person Show – Galerie Select, East Hampton, N.Y., USA
1999 One Person Show – Galerie Select, East Hampton, N.Y., USA
1998 One Person Show – Galerie Select, East Hampton, N.Y., USA
1997 One Person Show – Galerie Select, East Hampton, N.Y., USA
1995 One Person Show – Jo Ann Perse Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1993 Expansion of Furniture and Jewelry Lines
1992 One Person Show – The Winter Tree Gallery, New York, N.Y., USA
1991 One Person Show – Tamames Gallery, Madrid, SPAIN
1990 One Person Show – Jo Ann Perse Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1989 One Person Show – Wenniger Graphics, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Group Show – Wenniger Graphics, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
One Person Show – Beaux Arts International Gallery, Toronto, CANADA
1988 One Person Show Fontana Gallery, Tokyo, JAPAN
One Person Show – The Winter Tree Gallery, New York, N.Y., USA
1987 One Person Show – Jo Ann Perse Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1986 One Person Show – Collector’s Guild, Short Hills, New Jersey, USA
One Person Show – Sharon Park Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
One Person Show – De Vecchis Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1985 Group Show – “New York Hispanic Expressions”, City Hall, New York, N.Y., USA
One Person Show – De Vecchis Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
One Person Show – The Lessing Gallery, New York, N.Y., USA
1984 One Person Show – Art Works Gallery, State College, Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
One Person Show – JoAnn Perse Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
1983 One Person Show – The Hyatt Gallery, Nice, FRANCE
Group Show – Neville Gallery, Toronto, CANADA
One Person Show – Jo Ann Perse Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Group Show – The Winter Tree Gallery, New York, N.Y., USA
1979-82 Exclusive representation by Bowles/Hopkins, San Francisco, California, USA
1981 Design Gates and Furniture for the Winter Tree Gallery, New York, N.Y., USA
1979 First Prize, National Arts Club Competition, New York, N.Y., USA
1977 One Person Show – Bryant Public Library, Roslyn, New York, USA
1976 One Person Show – Cordoba Gallery, New York, N.Y., USA
1971 Return to painting and making etchings, New York, N.Y. USA
1969-71 Move to New York; 2 years in advertising illustration
1967 First Prize – Salon de L’Union des Femmes Peintres, Paris, FRANCE
1964-66 One Person Show – Galerie Le Passe-Comose, Paris, FRANCE
Group Show – Galleries Adler , Benezit & Primavera, Paris, FRANCE
1962 Exhibition at Galerie Charbonel, Monte-Carlo, MONACO
1961-68 Career in advertising, illustration and interior design, Paris, FRANCE
1957-60 Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, FRANCE
Atelier Branchon for painting, Paris, FRANCE
Atelier Cami for engraving “Buril”, Paris, FRANCE
1955-57 Group Show – Mostra Regionale di Arti Plastiche, Palermo, ITALY
Group Show – Mostra Regionale di Arti Figurative, Palermo, ITALY
Study drawing – Escuela de Belle Arti, Palermo, ITALY
Theatre and costume design, Palermo, ITALY
1952-55 Fashion Illustrator, SPAIN
Prize – Galerias Preciado , Sindicato Nacional Textil, Madrid, SPAIN
2nd Prize – Salon Nacional de Dibujos de Alta Costura, Madrid, SPAIN
1933 Born in Madrid, SPAINContinue Reading