US donor gives Cuba collection of master artworks

HAVANA: US philanthropist Gilbert Brownstone has donated 120 works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp and five other leading artists to Cuba's National Museum of Fine Art.

Brownstone, 69, personally delivered engravings and drawings as the first installment of a donation from his impressive collection, which also includes works by Roy Lichtenstein, Andre Masson, Edouard Vuillard, Camille Pissarro and Georges Rouault, during a special ceremony last week.

"The rest of the works will arrive in the coming months," said Brownstone, who holds dual Swiss-American nationality and is based in France.