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1925
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Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, to Miguel Angel Bernal Reyes and Hermes Muñoz Lopez, the first of three children.
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1945
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Normal Teachers College, Santa Clara, Cuba, BA.
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1948
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Marries Estela Pascual; two children are born in 1950 and one in 1954.
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1961
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School of the Plastic Arts: Leopoldo Romañach, Cuba, MFA.
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Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuba. Arrested for unpatriotic behavior.
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1962
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Exiled - with wife and children - in the United States of America.
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1970
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School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, MFA Evaluation.
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Northeastern University, Chicago, Illinois.
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1971-1993
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High School Art Teacher/Chairman of Art Departments of Von Steuben and Steinmetz (1980s-1990s), Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois.
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1980
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Becomes a Naturalized U.S.A. citizen.
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1993-2009
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Diagnosed with Parkinson disease.
Retires from teaching art.
Indefatigably works on his art while continuing to reside in the U.S.A.
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2010
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Despite estimable determination to resist Parkinson's, the ravishes of the disease make it impossible to produce art. José Bernal oversees the archiving of his oeuvre.
Died, April 19, 2010 in Skokie, Illinois.
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