Andrés De Santa María Hurtado

Place: Bogotá

Born: 1860

Death: 1945

Biography:

Andrés de Santa María Hurtado (December 16, 1860 – April 29, 1945) was the most internationally known Colombian painter of his time and the pioneer of impressionism in Colombia. His work in solitary as a vanguardist painter frames the beginnings of modern art in Colombia. Santa Maria's search for new artistic expressions generated rejection and controversies around his work. He lived a great part of his life in Europe.