Marco Tobón Mejía
Subtitle: un escultor en busca de nuevos horizontes -- (Santa Rosa de Osos 1876-París 1933)
By: Marta Fajardo Rueda
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Medellín
Language: spa
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9789587830460
Subjects: Sculptors; Engravers; Colombians
Description: A detailed investigation into the life and work of Marco Tobón Mejía (Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia 1876 - Paris 1933), who first unveiled Colombian art worldwide. The author highlights the artistic quality of his work and his contributions to Colombian art. Includes the valuable collection of medals and sculptures donated by his widow, after his death, to the National Museum of Colombia, in Bogotá, and the various monuments created by Tobón Mejía that today decorate spaces in Bogota, Medellín and Barranquilla.