The 1953 painting by Rafael Tufiño Figueroa
features his mother with a red scarf on her
head, a determined look on her face and heavy
expression lines, a depiction of a working-class
woman that broke from conventional portraits
of the time that focused largely on wealthy men.
“Goyita” is one of more than 350 paintings from
Puerto Rico that Google Arts & Culture digitized
for the first time with help from “Hamilton”
creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, who unveiled last
week the online exhibition that features work
from four Puerto Rico art institutions.