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Salon Of Colombian Artists
The Salon of Colombian Artists ( es, Salón de Artistas Colombianos) is a cultural event in Colombia, considered the event with most trajectory. This event is celebrated every year between August 5 and September 12 with two main categories a national event and a set of regional contests. The first version of the Salon of Colombian Artists was set up during the presidency of Enrique Olaya Herrera whose administration tried to organize an official gallery. In 1931 the first official Salon of Colombian Artists took place in the Fine Arts Pavilion at the Independence Park in Bogotá. Ricardo Gómez Campuzano obtained the first place in painting and Luis Alberto Acuña in sculpture. Only until 1940 the first annual Salon of Colombian Artists was organized. Winners Winners 1940 - 2002 *1940 first Prize: Ignacio Gomez Jaramillo with "Madre del pintor", gold medal: Santiago Martínez Delgado with "El que volvio" *1941 first Prize: Santiago Martínez Delgado, with "Interludio", gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), and has a population of 52 million. Colombia's cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a Spanish colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by enslaved Africans, as well as with those of the various Amerindian civilizations that predate colonization. Spanish is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tito Lombana
Tito Lombana (1932 – 1998) was a Colombian sculptor and was brother of sculptors Héctor and . Biography Lombana won the first prize in sculpture at the 9th National Showcase of Artists of Colombia in 1952, for which he was awarded a four-year scholarship to study in Europe. He lived in Madrid, where he studied sculpting at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, and completed his studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze in Florence, Italy. In January 1957, he proposed and executed for the city of Cartagena '' Las Botas Viejas'', a monument in honor of the Cartagena poet , in allusion to his poem entitled "A mi Ciudad Nativa". The sculpture stood in Cartagena until the mid-1990s, when it was demolished to make way for a bridge. His brother, Héctor, recreated the sculpture and placed it by Castle San Felipe de Barajas. He had a solo exhibition at the Luis Ángel Arango Library in Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusto Rendón
Augusto is an Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish given name or surname. Notable people with the name include: *Augusto Aníbal *Augusto dos Anjos *Augusto Arbizo *Augusto Barbera (born 1938), Italian law professor, politician and judge *Augusto Benedico *Augusto Boal *Augusto de Campos * Augusto César Sandino *Augusto Fantozzi *Augusto Genina *Augusto B. Leguía *Augusto Monterroso * Augusto Odone, Italian economist who invented Lorenzo's oil *Augusto Pestana (1868-1934) * Augusto Pinochet * Augusto Righi *Augusto Roa Bastos *Augusto Silj *Augusto Vargas Alzamora *Augusto de Vasconcelos *Augusto Vera ;People in sports *Augusto (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian football player, full name Augusto Bruno da Silva *Augusto Farfus, Brazilian race car driver *Augusto Fernández, Argentine footballer *Augusto Franqui, Cuban baseball player *Augusto Inácio, Portuguese footballer * Augusto Oliveira da Silva Brazilian footballer *Luís Augusto Osório Romão (1983) Brazilian footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Negret
Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's ''The Bride of Lammermoor'' (1819). People with the given name * Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England * Edgar the Ætheling (c. 1051 – c. 1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England * Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland * Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer * Edgar Barrier, American actor * Edgar Baumann, Paraguayan javelin thrower * Edgar Bergen, American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist * Edgar Berlanga, American boxer * Edgar H. Brown, American mathematician * Edgar Buchanan, American actor * Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author, creator of ''Tarzan'' * Edgar Cantero, Spanish author in Catalan, Spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Granada
Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere * Carlos (crater), Montes Apenninus, LQ12, Moon; a lunar crater near Mons Hadley People * Carlos (given name), including a list of name holders * Carlos (surname), including a list of name holders Sportspeople * Carlos (Timorese footballer) (born 1986) * Carlos (footballer, born 1995), Brazilian footballer * Carlos (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer Others * Carlos (Calusa) (died 1567), king or paramount chief of the Calusa people of Southwest Florida * Carlos (DJ) (born 1966), British DJ * Carlos (singer) (1943—2008), French entertainer * Carlos the Jackal, a Venezuelan terrorist *Carlos (DJ) (born 2010) Guyanese DJ Arts and entertainment * ''Carlos'' (miniseries), 2010 biopic about the terrorist Carlos the Jackal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatriz Daza
Beatriz (, ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese female first name. It corresponds to the Latin name Beatrix and the English and Italian name Beatrice. The name in Latin means 'brings joy' and in other languages also means 'she who brings others happiness'. Given name * Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909–2002), daughter of Spain's King Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie of Battenburg * Beatriz de Suabia (1203–1235), Queen of Castile and Queen of Leon * Beatriz de Dia (born c. 1140), the most famous of the trobairitz, female troubadours * Beatriz Allende (1943–1977), Chilean Socialist politician and revolutionary * Beatriz Pereira Alvim (1380–1415), first Duchess of Braganza * Beatriz da Conceição (1939–2015), fadista * Beatriz Batarda (born 1974), Portuguese actress * Beatriz Carvajal (born 1949), Spanish actress * Beatriz Colomina, architecture historian * Beatriz Corredor (born 1968), Spanish lawyer and politician * Beatriz Costa (1907–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Alcántara Herrán
Pedro Alcántara Herrán Martínez de Zaldúa (October 19, 1800 in Bogotá, Viceroyalty of the New GranadaArismendi Posada, Ignacio; ''Gobernantes Colombianos''; trans. Colombian Presidents; Interprint Editors Ltd., Italgraf, Segunda Edición; Page 41; Bogotá, Colombia; 1983 - April 26, 1872 in BogotáArismendi Posada, Ignacio; ''Gobernantes Colombianos''; trans. Colombian Presidents; Interprint Editors Ltd., Italgraf, Segunda Edición; Page 43; Bogotá, Colombia; 1983)) was a Colombian general and statesman who served as President of the Republic of the New Granada between 1841 and 1845.Arismendi Posada, Ignacio; ''Gobernantes Colombianos''; trans. Colombian Presidents; Interprint Editors Ltd.; Italgraf; Segunda Edición; Page 261; Bogotá, Colombia; 1983 As a general he served in the wars of independence of the New Granada and of Peru. Biographic data Herrán was born and died in Bogotá. He was also the son-in-law of Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera. Early life Herrán i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Obregón
Alejandro Jesús Obregón Rosės (4 June 1920 – 11 April 1992) was a Colombian painter, muralist, sculptor and engraver. Biography Obregón was born in Barcelona, Spain. He was the son of a Colombian father and a Catalan mother. The Obregón family owned a textile factory in Barranquilla, Colombia. Most of his childhood was spent in Barranquilla and Liverpool, England. After returning to Barranquilla, he decided to become an artist. He studied fine arts in Boston for a year in 1939, then returned to Barcelona to serve as Vice Consul of Colombia for four years. He married Ilva Rasch-Isla, the daughter of poet Miguel Rasch-Isla, during his time in Spain. In 1948, he became Director of the School of Fine Arts in Santafé de Bogotá, where he was influenced by the fresco style of artists Pedro Nel Gómez and Santiago Martinez Delgado. He left the School of Fine Arts and moved to France with his second wife, Sonia Osorio; he later married his third wife, English painter Freda S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Hernández Flores
Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel Charles Fuqua Manuel Jr. (born January 4, 1944), is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. During his playing career, he appeared over parts of six Major League Baseball seasons for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angel ..., manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Portugal Places * Manuel, Valencia, a municipality in the province of Valencia, Spain * Manuel Junction, railway station near Falkirk, Scotland Other * Manuel (American horse), a thoroughbred racehorse * Manuel (Australian horse), a thoroughbred racehorse * Manuel and The Music of The Mountains, a musical ensemble * ''Manuel'' (album), music album by Dalida, 1974 See also * Manny, a common nickname for those named Manuel {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Luis Hanné Gallo
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compare with the English surname Peterson) is Pérez in Spanish, and Peres in Galician and Portuguese, Pires also in Portuguese, and Peiris in coastal area of Sri Lanka (where it originated from the Portuguese version), with all ultimately meaning "son of Pêro". The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πέτρα" meaning "stone, rock". The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic ''Kephas'' or '' Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternate archaic spelling is ''Pêro''. Pedro may refer to: Notable people Monarchs, mononymously *Pedro I of Portugal *Pedro II of Portugal *Pedro III of Portugal *Pedro IV of Portugal, also Pedro I of Brazil * Pedro V of Portugal *Pedro II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar
Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar (27 August 1922 – 24 August 2004) was a Colombian painter and sculptor. He is considered a pioneer of abstract, minimalist, and Constructivist art in Colombia, and in Latin America more broadly. Early life and education Ramírez Villamizar was born on 27 August 1922 in Pamplona, Colombia to parents Adela Villamizar and Jesús Ramírez Castro. He was the youngest of eleven children. His father was a jeweler, and his first experiences making visual art took place in his father's studio. He and his family moved to Cúcuta in 1929 in seek of work and economic opportunity after being bankrupted in the Great Depression. In 1940 he moved to Bogotá to study architecture at the National University of Colombia, though he changed his focus to painting in 1944. He was invited by the University of Cauca in 1947 to spend seven months working in Popayán with sculptor Édgar Negret. Negret exposed Ramírez Villamizar to European avant-garde artwork, which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero Angulo (born 19 April 1932) is a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor, born in Medellín. 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. He is considered the most recognized and quoted living artist from Latin America, and his art can be found in highly visible places around the world, such as Park Avenue in New York City and the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Self-titled "the most Colombian of Colombian artists" early on, Botero came to national prominence when he won the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1958. He began creating sculptures after moving to Paris in 1973, achieving international recognition with exhibitions around the world by the 1990s. His art is collected by many major international museums, corporations, and private collectors. In 2012, he received the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
