SANTIAGO MARTINEZ DELGADO
El gigante del arte Colombiano
SANTIAGO MARTINEZ DELGADO (1906 - 1954)
Pocos hombres en el mundo logran tanto en tampoco tiempo, mas en Colombia; solo el Maestro Martínez Delgado logro estar en el podio del arte nacional, siendo simultáneamente un gran humanista e historiador. Murió a la temprana edad de 47 anos justo cuando su carrera parecía imparable. Discípulo de Frank Lloyd Wright, Roberto Pizano y Ruth VanSickle Ford, gano la medalla Logan por su mural en la Feria internacional de Chicago de 1933, gano la medalla de oro en 1940 y el Primer Puesto en 1941 del Salón de artistas Colombianos, además recibió la Cruz de Boyacá por su mural en el Salón Elíptico del Capitolio Nacional.
Few men around the World accomplish so much in so little time; nevertheless, in Colombia only the Master Martinez Delgado managed to top the fine arts arena while becoming a major historian and humanist. He died at 47, just when his career seemed unstoppable.
Mentored by Frank Lloyd Wright, Roberto Pizano and Ruth VanSickle Ford, he won the Logan medal during the 1933 Chicago International World Fair, the gold medal in the 1940 and the first price in 1942 at the Colombian national artist room and he was given the Cruz of Boyaca, (Colombia's highest honor) for his mural at the Colombian Congress.
Mentored by Frank Lloyd Wright, Roberto Pizano and Ruth VanSickle Ford, he won the Logan medal during the 1933 Chicago International World Fair, the gold medal in the 1940 and the first price in 1942 at the Colombian national artist room and he was given the Cruz of Boyaca, (Colombia's highest honor) for his mural at the Colombian Congress.
