Ramón Torres Méndez (29 August 1809 – 16 December 1885) was a Colombian painter and

lithographer Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German ...

considered one of the most prolific and important

costumbrismo ''Costumbrismo'' (in Catalan: ''costumisme''; sometimes anglicized as costumbrism, with the adjectival form costumbrist) is the literary or pictorial interpretation of local everyday life, mannerisms, and customs, primarily in the Hispanic sce ...

artists of the 19th century in Colombia, best known for his

genre works Genre art is the pictorial representation in any of various media of scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, work, and street scenes. Such representations (also called genre works, ...

into everyday Colombian life documenting the costumes, occupations, and pastimes of the common people of his time.

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* {{Colombia-painter-stub 1809 births 1885 deaths Artists from Bogotá Colombian caricaturists Colombian lithographers Colombian genre painters Colombian painters Portrait miniaturists 19th-century Colombian painters 19th-century male artists Colombian male painters People from the Republic of New Granada

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