Andrés de Santa Maria, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Andrés de Santa Maria

Colombian painter

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1860

Place of Birth: Bogotá, Colombia

Date of Death: 29-Apr-1945

Profession: painter, sculptor, university teacher

Nationality: Colombia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Andrés de Santa Maria (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 search of new artistic expressions generated rejection and controversies around his work.
He lived great part of his life in Europe.