Eladio Vélez was a Colombian painter, was born in

Itagüí Itagüí () is a city of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. It is part of The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. Demographics The population at the 2005 census was 230,272. Its density is 1 ...

Antioquia Antioquia is the Spanish form of Antioch. Antioquia may also refer to: * Antioquia Department, Colombia * Antioquia State, Colombia (defunct) * Antioquia District, Peru * Antioquia Railway The Antioquia Railway ( es, Ferrocarril de Antioquia) i ...

in 1897 and died in Medellin, Antioquia in 1967. He is considered one of the most representative artists in the city of ItagüíItagüí
," Itagüí City. Web, Sep. 11, 2010. and in Colombia. His works embrace a theme sometimes considered inconsequential: rural landscapes, city streets, daily life, in which displays realistic technique that values color, plasticity and careful brushstrokes in the oil and the watercolor technique with which he founded with his friend Pedro Nel Gómez, the ''Antioquia Art School''.

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Itagüí City. Web, Sep. 8, 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Velez, Eladio People from Itagüí 1897 births 1967 deaths 20th-century Colombian painters 20th-century Colombian male artists Colombian male painters