▁in ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁as ▁Professor ▁of ▁P ain ting , ▁Draw ing ▁and ▁S cul pt ure . ▁He ▁then ▁returned ▁to ▁Mat anz as ▁where ▁he ▁taught ▁visual ▁arts ▁for ▁close ▁to ▁two ▁dec ades . ▁ ▁T ogether ▁with ▁Manuel ▁Rod ul fo ▁T ardo , ▁Juan ▁Es n ard ▁He yd rich ▁and ▁Roberto ▁Juan ▁Di ago ▁Qu er ol ▁he ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ers ▁and ▁later ▁Director , ▁of ▁the ▁Esc uela ▁de ▁Bell as ▁Ar tes ▁de ▁Mat anz as , ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁art ▁school ▁in ▁Cuba ▁outside ▁of ▁Hav ana . ▁He ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁Latin ▁American ▁artists ▁of ▁his ▁generation ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁premier ▁pain ters ▁of ▁Cuba . ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁Sor iano ▁went ▁into ▁ex ile , ▁sett ling ▁in ▁Miami ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁Mil ag ros ▁and ▁his ▁daughter ▁H ort ens ia ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁He ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁graph ic ▁designer ▁and ▁occasionally ▁taught , ▁first ▁at ▁the ▁Catholic ▁W elf are ▁Bureau , ▁and ▁later ▁at ▁the ▁Cub an ▁Cultural ▁Program ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Miami . ▁Sor iano ▁avoided ▁vern ac ular ▁them es ▁which ▁domin ated ▁Cub an ▁art ▁from ▁its ▁emer gence ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁V angu ard ▁in ▁the ▁mid - tw ent ies . ▁His ▁work ▁proceeded ▁along ▁the ▁paths ▁of ▁geometric ▁abstra ction ▁in ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 0