Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

When a posthumous biography of Santiago Martínez Delgado was published, Álvaro Orduz León, whose field was advertising, wrote this article describing the artist’s training and activities in the fields of art and advertising in Colombia. He tells [...]

This article in the Revista Semana discusses the research and sketches being done by Santiago Martínez Delgado in order to portray the congressional session in Cúcuta when the Liberator, Simón Bolívar, and General Francisco Santander took office [...]

After brief mention of a number of 19th-century Colombian artists who made works on historical themes, the author asserts that Santiago Martínez Delgado was the figure that brought this genre of painting back to life thanks to his technical skill, [...]

Upon his return from Europe, Colombian artist Luis Alberto Acuña Tapia was interviewed for the magazine El Gráfico. In the conversation, Acuña describes his journey through Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. He criticizes the first for its “cold [...]

Fernando Guillén Martínez interviewed three artists about painting, which he called “arte gigantesco” [massive art], and the milieu in which it was developed. Guillén interviewed Santiago Martínez Delgado, Ignacio Gómez Jaramillo, and Luis [...]