 Opposed to Cuban independence, Landaluze eventually fell out of favor with the public, but his work remains valued for capturing the atmosphere and attitudes of his time.On January 11, 1818, the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (known as the "Academy San Alejandro", in honor of an important founder/benefactor) was established in Havana, under the direction of Frenchman Jean Baptiste Vermay (1786 - 1833).The oldest art academy in Latin America, it is the second oldest institution of higher education in Cuba, after the University of Havana.