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Line 5: \|caption = \| birth_name = \| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1943\|08\|27\|df=yes}} \| birth_place = [[~~Bogota~~Bogotá]], [[Colombia]] \| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1995\|06\|19\|1943\|08\|27\|df=yes}} \| death_place = ~~Bogota~~Bogotá, Colombia \| resting_place= \| resting_place_coordinates = \| nationality = [[Colombians\|Colombian]] \| field = Painting \| training = [[Académie de la Grande Chaumière]] Line 20: \| spouse = }} '''Luis Caballero Holguín''' (27 August 1943 -– 19 June 1995),<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-348502 \|title=MURIÓ LUIS CABALLERO: El pintor Luis Caballero vino a Bogotá a esperar la muerte\|work=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)\|El Tiempo]]\|date=20 June 1995}}</ref> born in [[Bogota\|Bogotá]] was a ~~[[Colombia]]n~~Colombian [[Painting\|painter]], [[Watercolor painting\|watercolourist]], [[pastel]]list and [[Lithography\|lithographer]].<ref>[http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00029826 Benezit ~~Dictinary~~Dictionary of Artists]</ref> Caballero is known for depicting masculine [[Figure drawing\|figures]], ~~and his works~~which often include both erotic and violent imagery. He is viewed as one of the most important figures in Colombian art. <ref>Medellin Becerra, Jorge Alejandro; Fajardo Rivera, DianaCaballero Holguín, Luis, Diccionario de Colombia (2005 edición). p. 143. ISBN 958-04-8561-5</ref> == Biography == Caballero was raised in a conservative Catholic household. He studied at the [[University of Los Andes (Colombia)]] in ~~1961-62~~1961–62, where he met and was influenced by [[etching\|etcher]] artist Juan Antonio Roda and art critic [[Marta Traba]]. He continued his academic studies in [[Paris]] at the [[Académie de la Grande Chaumière]], graduating in 1964. It is during this time that he discovered [[Willem ~~DeKooning~~de Kooning]], and [[Francis Bacon (artist)\|Francis Bacon]]. Back in Colombia, in 1968, he won First Prize at the First Ibero-American Biennal of [[Medellín]].<ref>[http://miamibiennale.org/miami_biennale_luis_caballero.html Richard G. Mann for the Miami biennale.org]</ref> Caballero returned to Paris where he found more freedom in 1969 and lived there until 1995, when he returned to Bogota for a special exhibition of his work at the [[Luis Ángel Arango Library]]. He died in June of the same year at the age of fifty ~~two~~-one. His [[Figure painting\|figurative]] works are usually large scale [[mixed media]] oil, ink, watercolor washes on either canvas or paper, sometimes incorporating fabrics or rope in a limited range of muted sepia colors, often representing male nude figures, in a contemporary style marked by classic training.<ref>[http://www.glbtqarchive.com/arts/caballero_l_A.pdf glbtqarchive.com , pdf]</ref> The [[Tate\|Tate Museum]] in London acquired a work by the artist in 2023.[https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/caballero-untitled-l04734] == Publications and bibliography == ▼ In 2024, the first UK exhibition by the artist opened at Cecilia Brunson Projects curated by Daniel Malarkey.[https://plastermagazine.com/articles/london-art-exhibitions-plaster-staff-picks/] ▲== Publications and bibliography == * Luis Caballero by Luis Caballero * Luis Caballero : ''the male nude'' : May 3-May 29, 1994 by Luis Caballero * Luis Caballero : ''paintings & drawings by Luis Caballero'' * L. Caballero, ''Me tocó ser así'' * Barnitz, Jacqueline. ''Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America~~.Austin~~''. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001. {{ISBN\|9780292708587}} * Rodríguez, Marta. ''Luis Caballero.'' Arte Nexus: Arte en Colombia 27 (January–March 1998): ~~121-23~~121–23. * Sokolowski, Thomas. ''Luis Caballero: Large Scale Drawings''. New York: Nohra Haime Gallery, 1991. Catalogue of Exhibition, [[Grey Art Gallery]], New New York University's fine art museum, June 4-July 12, 1991. Line 44 ⟶ 48: == External links == * (es) [http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-348502 El Tiempo, 20 June 1995] * [https://issuu.com/fredych/docs/caballero_catalogo Issuu.com "El deseo y el tormento secularizados en la obra de Luis Caballero"] * [http://www.colombia.co/en/this-is-colombia/talent/artists/luis-caballero-holguin-naked-truth-behind-evocative-art/ Colombia.co, Luis Caballero Holgin the naked truth behind evocative art] Line 53 ⟶ 56: [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:1995 deaths]] [[Category:University of Los Andes (Colombia) alumni]] [[Category:Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière]] [[Category:20th-century Colombian painters]] [[Category:~~Gay~~20th-century Colombian male artists]] [[Category:~~People~~Gay ~~from Bogotá~~painters]] [[Category:Artists from Bogotá]] [[Category:Colombian gay artists]] ~~{{Colombia-painter-stub}}~~ [[Category:Colombian LGBT painters]] [[Category:Colombian male painters]] [[Category:20th-century Colombian LGBT people]]