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He participated in the fifth and sixth Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1944 and 1945, which attracted attention from press and critics. [1] In 1945, Obregón settled in Barranquilla where he won the first prize for Dorso de mujer at the first Salón Anual de Artistas Costeños and showed his second solo exhibition in February 1946. [ 1 ]
Juan Fernando Cobo Agudelo (27 August 1959 – 15 July 2024) was a Colombian painter, illustrator, sculptor and cultural promoter, one of the most notable artists of his native region, Valle del Cauca.
The first colonial-era painter to work in Colombia, or as it was then known as, Nueva Granada, was the Seville native Alonso de Narváez (d. 1583). He is credited with painting an image of the Virgin Mary ( Our Lady of the Rosary ) that later became itself an object of devotion, known as Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá thanks to, as ...
Fernando Botero Angulo (19 April 1932 – 15 September 2023) [3] was a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor. [4] His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political criticism or humor, depending on the piece.
In 1978, he received the Order of Boyacá, the highest peacetime decoration awarded by the Colombian government. The following year he was also awarded the Medal of ColCultura and the José Eusebio Caro Medal (the latter being awarded by the departmental government of Norte de Santander , Ramírez Villamizar's place of birth).
This is a list of Colombian artists.Colombian art has 3,500 years of history and covers a wide range of media and styles ranging from Quimbaya gold craftwork and Spanish Baroque devotional painting to modern Colombian cinema and conceptual art movements.
In 1940, Martínez participated in the first Salón de Artistas Colombianos, where he won the Gold Medal for the oil on canvas "El que volvió"; the subsequent year, he won first prize for the oil on canvas "Interludio". [10] (Today at the Colombian National Museum). In 1943, Martínez made his first major mural in Colombia at the school ...
Originally exhibited in 1973 at the Nombres nuevos en el arte de Colombia (New Names in the Art of Colombia), El imperialismo es un tigre de papel (Imperialism is a Paper Tiger) was the recreation of Mao Tse Tung's famous expression Imperialism is a Paper Tiger. The work is a red banner made of silk, typically used in protests.