Manuel Hernández Gómez

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Manuel Hernández Gómez
Born	October 20, 1928 Bogotá, Colombia
Died	October 1, 2014 Bogotá, Colombia
Other names	Manuel Hernández, Manuel Hernandez Gomez, Manuel Hernández Viveros
Education	National University of Colombia, Academy of Painting
Occupation(s)	Painter, educator
Known for	Painting
Spouse	Pilar Quiñónez de Hernández

Manuel Hernández Gómez (1928—2014) was a Colombian painter and educator.^[1]^[2] He is considered one of the key figures in abstract painting in the country, and exhibited his work internationally.^[2]^[3] Hernández Gómez was a professor at the School of Fine Arts in Bogotá, and served as director of the School of Fine Arts in Ibagué.^[4]

Biography

Hernández Gómez was born on October 20, 1928, in Bogotá, Colombia. He studied fine art at the National University of Colombia; and at the Academy of Painting in Santiago de Chile.^[1]^[5] He continued his studies at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and the Art Students League of New York.^[2]

Hernández Gómez was part of the art groups Taller 9, and Nueva Generación.^[4]^[3] In the 1960s, he abandoned the figurative style of painting and dedicated himself to abstract art. In 1967, he received first prize at the XIII National Salon with his work 'flores en blanco y rojo'.^[2]^[6]

Hernández Gómez was married Pilar Quiñónez de Hernández.^[3] He died on October 1, 2014, in Bogotá.^[3]

His work is found in public collections and archives, including the Blanton Museum of Art,^[7] and the print collection of the New York Public Library.^[8] In 2020, his work was part of the group exhibition Expanding Abstraction: Pushing the Boundaries of Painting in the Americas, at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Falleció en Bogotá el maestro Manuel Hernández" [The teacher Manuel Hernández died in Bogotá]. Radio Santa Fe (in Spanish). October 1, 2014. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Murió el pintor colombiano Manuel Hernández, pionero del arte abstracto en el país" [Colombian painter Manuel Hernández, pioneer of abstract art in the country, died]. Pulzo. October 1, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Murió el maestro colombiano Manuel Hernández" [The Colombian teacher Manuel Hernández died]. Caracol Radio (in Spanish). October 1, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
^ ^a ^b "Murió el pintor bogotano Manuel Hernández" [The Bogota painter Manuel Hernández died]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). October 1, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Cisneros, Florencio García (1964). Cuarenta Pintores Latinoamericanos en New York (in Spanish). Rema Press. p. 124.
^ "Manuel Hernandez 1928–2014". Artnexus. 2014. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
^ "Manuel Hernández Gómez". Blanton Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
^ "Signo-Ser". Print Collection of The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
^ Keever, Erin (2020-12-24). "Best in Show: The Blanton Museum's 'Expanding Abstraction'". Sightlines. Retrieved 2023-07-25.

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