Eladio Vélez Vélez
Eladio Vélez (September 22, 1897 – July 23, 1967) was a Colombian painter.
Also recorded as Eladio Velez
Eladio Vélez Vélez
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- Name
- Eladio Vélez
- Born
- September 22, 1897
- Birthplace
- Itagüí, Colombia
- Died
- 23 July 1967
- Place of death
- Medellín, Colombia
- Nationality
- Colombia
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor
- Languages
- Spanish
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• Name — Eladio Vélez • Born — September 22, 1897 • Birthplace — Itagüí, Colombia • Died — 23 July 1967 • Place of death — Medellín, Colombia
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Eladio Vélez Vélez lived from 22 September 1897 to 24 July 1967 and was a painter.
Life
Life
Vélez was born in Itagüí, Antioquia on September 22, 1897 and died in Medellín, Antioquia on July 23, 1967. He is considered one of the most representative artists in the city of Itagüí. His works embrace a theme sometimes considered inconsequential: rural landscapes, city streets, daily life, in which displays realistic technique that values color, plasticity and careful brushstrokes in the oil and the watercolor technique with which he founded with his friend Pedro Nel Gómez, the Antioquia Art School.
Documentary record
Eladio Vélez Vélez was born on 22 September 1897 in Itagüí, Colombie. Eladio Vélez Vélez died on 24 July 1967 in Medellín, Colombie.
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1897
Eladio Vélez Vélez was born on 22 September 1897.
1967
Eladio Vélez Vélez died on 23 July 1967.
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Itagüí.
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- 1.Miguel Escobar Calle. Eladio Vélez - Cronología. Biblioteca Virtual de Antioquia. 2002.
- 2.Débora Arango. Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín. 1986.
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