Artist
José Campeche y Jordán
born San Juan, Puerto Rico 1751-died San Juan, Puerto Rico 1809

- Also known as
- José Campeche
- Jose Campeche y Jordan
- Born
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Died
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Biography
José Campeche was the most significant Puerto Rican painter of portraits and religious imagery. Of Afro-Caribbean ancestry, he was the son of a slave who purchased his freedom. Although primarily self-taught, Campeche was influenced by the exiled Spanish court painter Luis Paret y Alcázar, who lived in Puerto Rico from 1775 through 1778.
Jonathan Yorba Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (New York and Washington, D.C.: Watson-Guptill Publications, in cooperation with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2001)