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Enrique Grau, Cartagena, Colombia, 1920- 2004.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 “Art Trump”, Luz Botero Fine Art Gallery, Panama City, Panama.
1997 “Galápagos: iguanas” series, Panama City, Panama.
“Grau”, Arte Autopista Gallery, Medellin, Colombia.
“Galápagos: iguanas” series, Costa Rican Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica.
“Galápagos: iguanas” series, Barranquilla, Colombia.
1996 “Maríamulatas” and “Galápagos: iguanas” series, Bolivarian Museum Foundation, Santa Marta, Colombia.
“A print Retrospective, 1942 – 1995”, Godwin Ternbach Museum, New York, USA.
“Maríamulatas” and “Galápagos: iguanas” series, La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
“Maríamulatas” and “Galápagos: iguanas” series, Museum of Modern Art, Pereira, Colombia.
“Maríamulatas” series, Museum of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
1995 “Galapagos” series, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
“Galapagos” series, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
“Galapagos” series, Romulo Gallegos Museum, Caracas, Venezuela.
“Galapagos” series, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia.
“Maríamulatas” series, Luis Angel Arango Library, Bogota, Colombia.
“Maríamulatas” and “Galápagos: iguanas” series, Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia.
1994 “Esculturas”, Fernando Quintana Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Maríamulatas” and “Galápagos: iguanas” series, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC, USA.
“Esculturas”, Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia.
1991 “Homenaje a Grau”, simultaneous exhibitions commemorating his 50 years of artistic life in Colombia:
“Objetos y memorabilia”, Santillana Foundation.
“El dibujo de Grau”, Colombo-American Center.
“Años 60 y 70”, Garcés Velasquez Gallery.
“Retratos de Grau”, Iriarte Gallery.
“Obra gráfica”, Sextante Gallery.
“Años 40 y 50”, Gartner Torres Art.
“Años 80 y 90”, Diners Gallery.
“Ensamblajes”, National University Art Museum.
“Retrospectiva”, Elida Lara Gallery.
Book Launching, Duque Arango Gallery.
“Grau en el MAMM”, Museum of Modern Art of Medellin.
“Homenaje a Grau”, Museum of Modern Art of Cartagena.
1990 “Grau, obra gráfica 1943 – 1989”, Chamber of Commerce, Tulua, Colombia.
1989 “Grau, obra gráfica 1943 – 1989”, State Bank, Popayan, Colombia.
“Grau, obra gráfica 1943 – 1989”, El Taller Gallery, Pereira, Colombia.
1988 “Grau, dibujos recientes”, Alfred Wild Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Grau, dibujos recientes”, Duque Vargas Gallery, Medellin, Colombia.
“Grau, años 80”, Cafetero Cultural Fund, Manizales, Colombia.
1987 “Grau, Painting, Sculture, Drawings”, Aberbach Fine Art, New York, USA.
“Retrospectiva, obra gráfica”, Chamber of Commerce, Cucuta, Colombia.
“Grau, Exhibition of New Drawings”, Aberbach Fine Art, New York, USA.
“Grau, pintura, escultura, dibujo”, Barranquilla, Colombia.
1986 “Bronces”, Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia.
Enrique Grau Hall, permanent collection, National Museum, Bogota, Colombia.
“Urdaneta”, Bogota Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia.
“Retrospectiva, obra gráfica”, Cultural Center, Tenjo, Colombia.
FIAC, Aberbach Fine Art, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
1983 “Retrospectiva”, Contemporary Art Center, Pereira, Colombia.
“Grau, obra tridimensional”, Museum of Modern Art, Medellin, Colombia.
“Grau, tridimensionales, óleos, dibujos y obra gráfica”, Cartagena, Colombia.
“Grau, retrospectiva, obra tridimensional”, Chamber of Commerce, Cali, Colombia.
“Retrospectiva 1938 – 1969“, Cafetero Cultural Fund, Bogota, Colombia.
“Retrospectiva 1971 – 1983“, Colombo-American Center, Bogota, Colombia.
“Retrospectiva, obra gráfica 1942 – 1981”, Belarca Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1982 “Grau, obra tridimensional”, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia.
1981 “Grau”, Aberbach Fine Art, New York, USA.
1980 “El rey Lear”, Gallery 70, Bogota, Colombia.
“Homenaje a Grau”, El Marquez Gallery, Cartagena, Colombia.
1977 “Grau, obra reciente”, San Diego Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1976 Center of Contemporary Art, Pereira, Colombia.
Country Club, Bogota, Colombia.
1974 “Retrospectiva“, UNESCO Pilot Library, Medellin, Colombia.
1973 La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
“Exposición retrospectiva”, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia.
1972 Inter-American Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia.
1971 San Diego Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1969 La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
1968 Modern Art Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1967 La Casita, Medellin, Colombia.
Modern Art Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1966 El Zagúan, Cartagena, Colombia.
La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
1965 La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
1964 Jerrold Morris International Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
“Retrospectiva de grabados”, Pan American Union, Washington DC, USA.
Modern Art Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1963 La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
Museum of Zea, Medellín, Colombia.
Panamanian Institute of Art, Panama City, Panama.
1962 National Library, Bogota, Colombia.
University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia.
Modern Art Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1960 National Library, Bogota, Colombia.
1957 Pan American Union, Washington DC, USA.
Roland de Aenlle Gallery, New York, USA.
1956 L’Asterisco Gallery, Rome, Italy.
1954 National Library, Bogota,
1953 El Callejón Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Ministry of Education, Cali, Colombia.
1948 National Society of Architects, Bogota, Colombia.
1945 National Library, Bogota, Colombia.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
1998 “Points of Departure in Contemporary Colombian Art”, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC, USA.
1997 “Recreaciones“, Colombo- American Center, Bogota, Colombia.
“Autorretrato colombiano del siglo XX”, Colombo- American Center, Bogota, Colombia.
1996 “Grandes maestros”, Bolivarian Museum of Contemporary Art, Sta. Marta, Colombia.
“Los grandes maestros colombianos”, Marcos Pereira Art Gallery, Colombia.
1995 “El caribe en la modernidad”, Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia.
“Grandes maestros”, El Nogal Club, Bogota.
1994 Seoul International Art Festival, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea.
“25 Años en el M.A.M”, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia.
National Artists’ Salon, Bogota, Colombia.
“Samper y la cultura”, Garcés Velásquez Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“25 Años obra sobre papel”, Belarca Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Grandes maestros colombianos”, Pluma Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Artistas colombianos”, Firenze Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Maestros colombianos de los 50 y 60, el pos cubismo en su obra”, El Museo Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1992 National Artists’ Salon, Bogota, Colombia.
“El secreto de las cajas de artista de David”, Alonso Arte Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“20 artistas en Expo. Sevilla”, Seville, Spain.
“Latin American & Caribbean Masters”, Gary Nader Fine Art, Miami, USA.
“Un homenaje”, Cooperartes, Bogota, Colombia.
ADA and Alfred Wild Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Grandes maestros”, Marcos Art Gallery, Cali, Colombia.
1991 Collection of Drawings, Museum of Art, National University, Bogota, Colombia.
“Cartagena 1991”, Piramide Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Fernando Quintana Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Los últimos cincuenta años”, El Museo Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Los que son”, Arteria Gallery, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Espacio Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador.
1990 FES Exhibition 25 Years, Negreiros, Cali, Colombia.
“Latinartica, Colombian Art in Canada”, Ottawa, Canada.
1989 Colombian Artists’ Annual Salon, Cartagena, Colombia.
“Arte colombiano, doce maestros contemporáneos”, US Embassy, Bogota, Colombia.
“Gran formato, pequeños formatos”, El Museo Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“1968 – 1989, 21 Años”, Belarca Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“A Collective of Contemporary Colombian Art”, Rempire Fine Art Inc, New York, USA.
“Grandes maestros”, El Museo Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1988 “Museo vivo”, Chamber of Commerce, Bogota, Colombia.
“Seis maestros colombianos”, Alfred Wild Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“El desnudo”, El Museo Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Cinco décadas de arte en Cartagena”, Music and of Fine Arts Institute, Cartagena, Colombia.
1987 “Forma y color”, Art Gallery Aiber, Bogota, Colombia.
“Los maestros, 3 obras, 3 décadas”, Diners Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“El desnudo”, Alfred Wild Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
First International Painting Biennial, Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador.
“Barrera, Botero, Cárdenas, Grau, Iriarte, Manzur, Morales, Obregon”, Fernando Quintana Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Fauna”, Belarca Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Arte en Suramericana”, Suramericana de Seguros, Medellin, Colombia.
“31 Latin American Artists”, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington DC, USA.
“1955 – 1947”, University of the Andes, Bogota, Colombia.
“Escultura”, Alfred Wild Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Launching of the Cooperartes Diary, Cooperartes, Bogota, Colombia.
1986 “Cento Anni di Arte in Colombia“, Italo-Latin American Institute, Rome, Italy.
“L’Art Contemporaine of Colombie“, Palais des Congres, Brussels, Belgium.
Tribute to Italy, Italian Embassy, Bogota, Colombia.
Fifth American Graphic Arts Biennial, La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
“Arte colombiano, reproducciones”, Museum of Museums, Bogota, Colombia.
“Colección de arte colombiano”, Garces Velasquez Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Obras maestras de los museos de Bogotá”, Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions, Bogota, Colombia.
Opening Bolivarian Museum, Santa Marta, Colombia.
1985 “Cinco maestros colombianos”, Museum of Contemporary Art of Latin America, OAS, Washington DC, USA.
Bank of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia.
International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
“Una visión de Colombia”, Santillana del Mar, Spain.
“100 Años de arte colombiano”, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia.
1984 “Obras maestras”, Acosta Valencia Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Gran colectiva”, San Lucas Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Carnaval en el arte”, Elida Lara Art Gallery, Barranquilla, Colombia.
“Flora“, Belarca Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Neruda y la alegría del mundo”, Sextante Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Pequeño formato, originales”, Chamber of Commerce, Bogota, Colombia.
“Los mejores años del arte”, Senior Citizens Center, Bogota, Colombia.
“Colombia: medio siglo de pintura y escultura”, Chapultepec, Mexico.
1983 “Gran colectiva”, San Lucas Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Biennial of Latin American Engraving, Puerto Rican Institute of Culture, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
“World Print Council”, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, USA.
“Pintura colombiana, jornadas culturales de Colombia”, Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Gran colectiva”, Elida Lara Art Gallery, Barranquilla, Colombia.
1982 “Muñecos, máscaras, monicongos”, Athena Gallery, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Forma Gallery, Coral Gables, USA.
Ana Sklar Gallery, Bay Harbor Island, USA.
“Pluma, seis años”, Pluma Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Gran colectiva”, San Lucas Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Arte contemporáneo de la Costa Atlántica”, Cartagena, Colombia.
“Desnudos”, Gallery San Diego, Bogota, Colombia.
“Dibujos figurativos”, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia.
“Homenaje al maestro Augusto Rivera”, Pluma Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Obra múltiple y arte contemporáneo”, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia.
1981 “Grandes maestros de la plástica colombiana”, Garces Velasquez Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Latin American Engraving Biennial, Puerto Rican Culture Institute, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
“El dibujo colombiano en la década de los sesenta”, Museum of Modern Art, Medellin, Colombia.
“Colectiva inaugural”, Santafe de Bogota Art Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Medellin Art Biennial, Medellin, Colombia.
“Gran colectiva”, San Lucas Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Cuatro maestros, obra gráfica”, Diners Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Obra gráfica seriada”, National University Museum, Bogota, Colombia.
“Bodegones”, San Diego Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Expo. Latin America Art, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
“Great Top Artists of Contemporary Colombian Art”, Amparo’s Gallery, Coral Gables, USA.
“Exposición inaugural”, Coralibe Magazine and Casa de la Costa, Bogota, Colombia.
“Arte colombiano del siglo XX”, Colombo-American Center, Bogota, Colombia.
“Naturalezas muertas”, Iriarte Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Exposición colectiva de inauguración“, Pluma Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“The Figure in Latin American Art”, The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, USA.
“Miniaturas”, San Diego Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1980 “Graphic works by Botero, Grau, Negret, Obregon Rendon, Cogollo and Beatriz Gonzalez”, Banco Ganadero Art Gallery, Cartagena, Colombia.
“Obra gráfica seriada en Colombia”, Central Mortgage Bank Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Gran colectiva de inauguración”, San Lucas Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Norwegian International Print Biennale Fredrikstad, Oslo, Norway.
“Collage en Colombia”, Central Mortgage Bank Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Selección gráfica colombiana”, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia.
“Artistas latinoamericanos de la colección permanente”, La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
Second Latin American Biennial of Art, Domecq Cultural Institute, Mexico City, Mexico.
“Contemporary Colombian Art”, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, USA.
1979 “Dibujo colombiano, década del sesenta”, Chamber of Commerce, Cali, Colombia.
Standing Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, San Diego Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Maestros colombianos 1950-1960”, Iriarte Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Grami, arte contemporáneo”, Belarca Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Doroteo Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Cartagena Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia.
1978 First Latin American Meeting of Art Critics and Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas, Venezuela.
“El dibujo, la expresión de arte gráfica actual”, Buchholz Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“The Colombian Exposition”, De Armas Gallery, Virginia, USA.
“EI rostro humano en el espejo del arte contemporáneo“, Buchholz Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1977 “El tema de las flores en la pintura”, The Grotto Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“La figura femenina en nuestro arte”, Buchholz Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“La riqueza imaginativa del arte moderno colombiano”, La Imaginación Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“El Espectador, 90 Años”, Independencia Art Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1976 Dos Mundos de Arte Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Negret, Grau, Manzur”, El Puente Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Edgar Negret, Enrique Grau, Antonio Roda, Pedro Alcantara, Luis Caballero and Maria de la Paz Jaramillo”, La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
1975 “Gran colectiva de pintores colombianos”, El Callejón Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Obregón, Grau and Manzur”, Colombo-American Center, Bogota, Colombia.
“Obregon, Wiedemann, Grau and Villegas”, Modern Art Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Panorama of Contemporary Latin American Artists”, State Museum, New Jersey, USA.
Piramide Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Regional Salon of Atlantic Coast Artists, Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia.
1974 “Gran colectiva de pintores colombianos”, El Callejón Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Retrospectiva: 25 salones de artistas colombianos”, Luis Angel Arango Library, Bogota, Colombia.
“Artistas contemporáneos colombianos”, Contemporary Art Center, Pereira, Colombia.
1973 “32 artistas de hoy”, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia.
“Grabados y dibujos de artistas colombianos”, Luis Angel Arango Library, Bogota, Colombia.
Panama Art Museum, Panama City, Panama.
National Museum, Bogota, Colombia.
Second American Biennial of Graphic Arts, La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
1972 70 Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Coltejer Biennial, Medellin, Colombia.
“Portafolio de seis grabadores colombianos”, La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
1971 First American Biennial of Graphic Arts, La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
“Grabados y dibujos”, Luis Angel Arango Library, Bogota, Colombia.
“Dibujos desconocidos de artistas conocidos”, Colombian Institute of Culture, Bogota, Colombia.
El Museo Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Central Library, El Callejón Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
La Rebeca Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
El Morro Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
National Artists’ Salon, National Museum, Bogota, Colombia.
“10 pintores colombianos”, Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
“10 pintores colombianos”, San Diego Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Exposición de arte de Colombia”, Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
“10 años de pintura colombiana”, La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
“El túnel del tiempo”, Proexpo, Cali, Colombia.
“Arte erótico”, Belarca Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1970 “Antología pictórica”, Modern Art Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
World Fair, Osaka, Japan.
Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia.
“Arte erótico”, Belarca Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1969 “Cien años de soledad”, lo Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Latin American Painting”, Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, USA.
Painting Salon of the Americas, Cali, Colombia.
1968 “Los seis grandes de la pintura colombiana”, Gallery of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia.
“La mujer como tema”, Belarca Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
“Pintores colombianos”, Estrella Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Southern and Colombian Salon, La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia.
“Homenaje a Beatriz Daza”, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia.
Walter Engel Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
1967 Latin American Art Gallery, Manchester, UK.
“Art of America”, Brandeis University, Boston, USA.
Bolivarian Salon, La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
1966 American Painting Festival, Lima, Peru.
“Pintura colombiana de ayer y de hoy”, Bank of the Republic Art Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1965 Cordoba Biennial, Cordoba, Argentina.
“Art in America”, American Institute, Washington DC, USA.
1964 Cordoba Biennial, Cordoba, Argentina.
Pittsburgh International Exhibition, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, USA.
1963 “América y España en el arte actual”, Madrid, Spain.
Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1962 “Colombian Art”, Berlin, Germany.
1961 Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1960 Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA.
“2000 años de arte colombiano”, Miami, USA.
1959 Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
“South American Art Today”, Dallas Museum of Fine Art, Dallas, USA.
National Artists’ Salon, Bogota, Colombia.
First Arts Salon, Barranquilla, Colombia.
1958 First Salon of Modern Art, Pereira, Colombia.
Small Salon of Colombian Artists, El Callejón Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
Inter-American Biennial of Mexico, Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico.
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.
Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA.
Pittsburgh International Exhibition, Pittsburgh, USA.
1957 Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Colombian Artists’ Salon, National Museum, Bogota, Colombia.
Friends of the Country Economic Society, Bogota, Colombia.
“Pan American Art Exhibition”, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, USA.
1956 Prix Guggenheim, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France.
“Gulf Caribbean Art Exhibition”, Austin, USA.
1955 “Proyectos para murales”, Colombian Society of Architects, Bogota, Colombia.
International Painting Exhibition, Valencia, Venezuela.
Modern Art Salon, National Library, Bogota, Colombia.
1954 Exhibition of Colombian artists, National Library, Bogota, Colombia.
“Arte religioso moderno”, El Callejón Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
1953 National Painting Salon, Barranquilla, Colombia.
1950 “Exposición de pintura colombiana”, National Library, Bogota, Colombia.
“Sculptures and Paintings of Colombia”, The School Special Research, New York, USA.
1949 National Modern Art Salon, National Museum, Bogota, Colombia.
1948 Salon 26, National Museum, Bogota, Colombia.
1946 Colombian Artists’ Salon, National Library, Bogota, Colombia.
Coastal Artists’ Salon, School of Fine Arts, Barranquilla, Colombia.
1945 First Salon of Coastal Colombian Artists, Atlantic Library, Barranquilla, Colombia.
1944 Colombian Artists’ Salon, National Library, Bogota, Colombia.
1943 “United Nations Artists”, Argent Gallery, New York, USA.
“Latin American Artists”, American Institute of Decorators, New York, USA.
“Arts and Graphs of Latin America”, Brooks Memorial Gallery, Memphis, USA.
“Annual Competitive Exhibition”, ACC Gallery, New York, USA.
1942 Pan American Women’s Association, New York, USA.
1940 First Colombian Artists’ Salon, National Library, Bogota, Colombia.
AWARDS
1963 Tourist Office Award, Ibero-American Painters’ Biennial, Barranquilla, Colombia.
1962 Ministry of Education Award, Colombian Artists’ Salon, Bogota, Colombia.
1960 2nd Prize, First International Painting Salon, Barranquilla, Colombia.
1st Prize, National Painting Salon, Cucuta, Colombia.
1959 1st National Prize, Latin American Arts Salon, Cartagena, Colombia.
1958 1st Prize Drawing, Colombian Artists’ Salon, National Museum, Bogota, Colombia.
1957 1st Prize Painting, Colombian Artists’ Salon, Bogota, Colombia.
1954 1st Prize, First Colombian Painting Salon, Bogota, Colombia.
1946 1st Prize, Coastal Colombian Artists’ Salon, Barranquilla, Colombia.
1943 Annual Prize Competitive Exhibition, ACA Gallery, New York, USA.
1940 1st Honorable Mention, First Colombian Artists’ Salon, Bogota, Colombia.
DISTINCTIONS
2001 Grand Officer of the Order of Boyaca, Presidency of the Republic, Bogota, Colombia.
1998 Grand Order, Ministry of Culture, Bogota, Colombia.
Civic Medal of Cartagena, Extraordinary Grand Cross Grade, Cartagena, Colombia.
Cultural Heritage Medal of Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia.
Honors decree, Cartagena, Colombia.
Distinguished Visitor, Cali, Colombia.
Illustrious Guest, Manizales, Colombia.
Greeting Resolution, Manizales, Colombia.
1996 Guest of Honor, Pereira, Colombia.
1994 Guest of Honor, Cartagena, Colombia.
1991 Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, Presidency of the Republic, Bogota, Colombia.
Rafael Nuñez Order, Grand Cross Grade, Cartagena, Colombia.
Distinguished Guest, Cali, Colombia.
Colombian Golden Gate Medal, Barranquilla, Colombia.
National Museum of Colombia Medal, Bogota, Colombia.
Artistic Merit Honor Medal, Bogota, Colombia.
Honorary member of the Colombian-Venezuelan Center, Caracas, Venezuela.
1985 Plaque in recognition for his “Contribution to the Art of the Americas”, Washington DC, USA.
1983 Honorable Mention, Anniversary of the Foundation of Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia.
1987 Grade D´Officier dans l´Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris, France.
Guest of Honor, Cucuta, Colombia.
Distinguished Guest, Cucuta, Colombia.
Plaque and certificate in recognition of his “Artistic Value”, Cartagena, Colombia.
1986 Civic Medal, Commander Grade, Cartagena, Colombia.
Medal of the Colombian Institute of Culture, Bogota, Colombia.
Medal Hommage Aux Prix Nobel, Malmo, Sweden.
1983 Citizen Emeritus of Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia.
1974 Recognition as a Driving Force of the Arts and Letters, Cartagena, Colombia.
1972 Director of the Museum of Modern Art of Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia.
1971 Associate Member of the Bolivarian Society of Architects, Caracas, Venezuela.
1969 Doctor Honoris Causa, Cartagena, Colombia.
1968 Beloved Son of Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia.
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