Juan Cárdenas Arroyo
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Juan Cárdenas Arroyo (12 August 1939 – 15 December 2024) was a Colombian figurative painter.
Life and career
[edit]Cárdenas was born in Popayán, Cauca, on 12 August 1939.[1] He graduated from Columbia University in New York City, and in 1962 he studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, in the United States.[2]
His career began as a cartoonist in El Tiempo, La República, El Espacio, and in the magazine Flash. He was jailed for a cartoon. From 1969 to 1972 he was professor of Painting, Drawing, and Anatomy, University of the Andes, Colombia.[2] He participated in and won first prize in the 25th National Salon of Colombian Artists in 1974 for his self-portrait ("Autorretrato Dibujo").
Cárdenas was also involved with the 1994 re-design of the Colombian peso: he designed the $5,000 and $20,000 banknotes. In 2022 he was awarded the Order of Boyacá, his country's highest peacetime decoration.[3]
Cárdenas died on 15 December 2024, at the age of 85.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Juan Cárdenas Cronología (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Theran, Susan (1999). Leonard's Price Index of Latin American Art at Auction. Springer. p. 44. ISBN 1349150843.
- ^ Bernal, Jhon (15 December 2024). "Murió Juan Cárdenas, pintor y caricaturista colombiano: fue el diseñador del billete de 5.000 y 20.000 pesos" (in Spanish). Infobae. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ El arte está de luto: Murió el pintor y caricaturista Juan Cárdenas (in Spanish)
References
[edit]- Great Encyclopedia of Colombia, Circulo de Lectores, Bogotá
- Art of Colombia, Salvat, Bogotá
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