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== Biography == |
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Caballero was raised in a conservative Catholic household. He studied at the [[University of Los Andes (Colombia)]] in 1961-62, where he |
Caballero was raised in a conservative Catholic household. He studied at the [[University of Los Andes (Colombia)]] in 1961-62, where he met and was influenced by Juan Antonio Roda and [[Marta Traba]]. He continued his studies at the [[Académie de la Grande Chaumière]], graduating in 1964. He discovered [[Willem DeKooning]], 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><ref>[http://www.glbtqarchive.com/arts/caballero_l_A.pdf glbtqarchive.com , pdf]</ref> |
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Caballero returned to Paris in 1969 and lived there until 1995, when he returned to Bogota for a special show of his work at the [[Luis Ángel Arango Library]]. |
Caballero returned to Paris in 1969 and lived there until 1995, when he returned to Bogota for a special show of his work at the [[Luis Ángel Arango Library]]. |
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Revision as of 21:24, 29 October 2016
Luis Caballero Holguín (1943 - 1995), born in Bogotá was a Colombian painter, watercolourist, pastellist and lithographer.[1] Caballero is known for depicting masculine figures, and his works often include both erotic and violent imagery.
Biography
Caballero was raised in a conservative Catholic household. He studied at the University of Los Andes (Colombia) in 1961-62, where he met and was influenced by Juan Antonio Roda and Marta Traba. He continued his studies at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, graduating in 1964. He discovered Willem DeKooning, and Francis Bacon. Back in Colombia, in 1968, he won First Prize at the First Ibero-American Biennal of Medellín.[2][3]
Caballero returned to Paris in 1969 and lived there until 1995, when he returned to Bogota for a special show of his work at the Luis Ángel Arango Library.
He died in June of the same year at the age of fifty two.
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: University of Texas Press, 2001.
- Rodríguez, Marta. Luis Caballero. Arte Nexus: Arte en Colombia 27 (January–March 1998): 121-23.
- Sokolowski, Thomas. Luis Caballero: Large Scale Drawings. New York: Nohra Haime Gallery, 1991.(Catalogue of Exhibition, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, June 4-July 12, 1991)
References
External links
- (es) El Tiempo, 20 June 1995
- Issuu.com "El deseo y el tormento secularizados en la obra de Luis Caballero"
- Colombia.co, Luis Caballero Holgin the naked truth behind evocative art
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