Marco Tobón Mejía
Marco Tobón Mejía (1876-1933) was a Colombian sculptor, draughtsman, and painter. He lived in France for almost all his career, where he met and formed relationships with several prominent artists, including Auguste Rodin, Aristide Maillol, and Antoine Bourdelle. He worked mostly within neoclassic and Art Nouveau styles, and is known especially for his sculptures in bronze, electroplate, and pewter.
Marco Tobón Mejía
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- Name
- Marco Tobón Mejía
- Born
- 1876
- Birthplace
- Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
- Died
- 1933
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Nationality
- Colombia
- Occupation
- sculptor · painter
- Languages
- Spanish
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Marco Tobón Mejía (1876-1933) was a Colombian sculptor, draughtsman, and painter. He lived in France for almost all his career, where he met and formed relationships with several prominent artists, including Auguste Rodin, Aristide Maillol, and Antoine Bourdelle. He worked mostly within neoclassic and Art Nouveau styles, and is known especially for his sculptures in bronze, electroplate, and pewter.
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Marco Tobón Mejía (1876–1933) was a Colombian painter and sculptor. Born in Santa Rosa de Osos, the painter died in Paris. Languages used include Spanish.
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Several of his pieces can be found in the Colombian National Museum. His marble statues Poetry and The Silence are dedicated to the Colombian poet José Asunción Silva.
El Silencio inicia su recorrido en el Salón Anual de Artistas en París en 1920, ciudad donde fue concebida y en la cual, su autor, el artista antioqueño Marco Tobón Mejía, vivió la mayor parte de su vida rodeado de grandes autores como Auguste Rodin, Aristide Maillol o Antoine Bourdelle. Para 1928 el gobierno Colombiano adquirió la obra con el fin de ser exhibida en la exposición iberoamericana de
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• Name — Marco Tobón Mejía • Born — 1876 • Birthplace — Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia • Died — 1933 • Place of death — Paris, France • Resting Place — San Pedro Cemetery Museum • Illustration — Statue to Cisneros
Biography
Biography
Tobón was born in Santa Rosa de Osos, near Medellín, Colombia. His artistic career began with drawing and painting. While in Colombia, he studied with Francisco Antonio Cano, and together they contributed to the magazine Lectura y arte (Reading and Art). During his residence in Cuba between 1905 and 1909, he also did covers and illustrations for the magazine Le Figaro and others. From 1910 to 1930, he created several small bronze reliefs of academic nudes. He died in Paris at the age of 57.
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• Statue to Cisneros in Plaza Cisneros, Medellín, Colombia • Poetry (La Poesia), 1914, female nude in white marble, Colombian National Museum • The Silence (El Silencio), Colombian National Museum • Sculpture of José María Cordoba • Monument to the Flag, 1931, November 11 Park • Tombstone for Pedro Justo Berrío
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1876
Marco Tobón Mejía born at Santa Rosa de Osos.
1933
Marco Tobón Mejía died at Paris.
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- 1.Jane Turner. Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Art. Macmillan Reference. 2000. 978-0-333-76466-4.
- 2.Francisco Gil Tovar. El arte colombiano. Plaza y Janes Editores Colombia s.a. 103–4. 1 January 1985. 978-958-14-0016-4.
- 3.Caballero, German Rubiano. Biography. Luis Angel Arango Online Library.
- 4.Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá. Cien años de arte colombiano, 1886-1986. 1985. 978-958-9084-06-9.
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