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Hena Rodríguez
Hena Rodríguez (20 May 1915 – 17 April 1997) was one of the first Colombian women to become a sculptor. She taught at the National University of Colombia and University of Los Andes (Colombia), University of Los Andes, before becoming the founding dean of the Faculty of Arts at the latter institution. Her sculpture ''Cabeza de Negra'' is in the collection of the Colombian National Museum and the painting ''Espalda'' is part of the Art Collection of the Bank of the Republic (Colombia), Bank of the Republic. Early life and education Hena Rodríguez Parra was born on 20 May 1915 in Bogotá, Colombia. She became interested in art at a very young age, as her family lived across the street from the Spanish sculptor . Barba Guichard began teaching her. Between 1930 and 1935, Rodríguez studied at the School of Fine Arts of Bogotá ( es, Escuela de Bellas Artes de Bogotá) with Barba Guichard, Francisco Antonio Cano Cardona, Francisco Antonio Cano, Coriolano Leudo, Eugenio Peña, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, and industrial center of the country. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca, the indigenous inhabitants of the Altiplano. Santafé (its name after 1540) became the seat of the government of the Spanish Royal Audiencia of the New Kingdom of Granada (cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
