Oscar Rodríguez Naranjo
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Oscar Rodríguez Naranjo was a painter from Socorro
, Santander Department
, Colombia
. His works include mainly oil painting
s and sculpture
s.
Rodríguez Naranjo studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Bogotá
. Owing to the talent he displayed he was able to obtain scholarships for the Académie Julian
and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière
in Paris
.
He came back from France
during the Second World War and settled in Bucaramanga
. Rodríguez Naranjo taught at the art school while he made a number of paintings that would build up his reputation in Colombia. In 1941 he became the Director of the Academia de Bellas Artes in Bucaramanga.
The main themes of his paintings were portrait
s, including religious figures, nude
s and landscape
s. Rodríguez Naranjo was one of the most outstanding and representative artists of the Colombian Santander region, along with Segundo Agelvis, Mario Hernández Prada, Carlos Gómez Castro, Martín Quintero and Pacheco de Suratá.
Socorro, Santander
Socorro is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. It was founded in 1681 by Don José de Archila and Don José Díaz Sarmiento.The town was very influential in the history of Colombia...
, Santander Department
Santander Department
Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. His works include mainly oil painting
Oil painting
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil—especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body...
s and sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
s.
Rodríguez Naranjo studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. Owing to the talent he displayed he was able to obtain scholarships for the Académie Julian
Académie Julian
The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France.Rodolphe Julian established the Académie Julian in 1868 at the Passage des Panoramas, as a private studio school for art students. The Académie Julian not only prepared students to the exams at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts, but offered...
and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière
Académie de la Grande Chaumière
The Académie de la Grande Chaumière is an art school in the VIe arrondissement of Paris, France. The school was founded in 1902 by the Swiss Martha Stettler , who refused to teach the strict academic rules of painting of the École des Beaux-Arts. It opened the way to the "Art Indépendant"...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
He came back from France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
during the Second World War and settled in Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga is a Colombian city, and capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest city economy and sixth largest population in Colombia, with 1,212,656 people in its metropolitan area...
. Rodríguez Naranjo taught at the art school while he made a number of paintings that would build up his reputation in Colombia. In 1941 he became the Director of the Academia de Bellas Artes in Bucaramanga.
The main themes of his paintings were portrait
Portrait
thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...
s, including religious figures, nude
Art nude
An art nude is a work of art that takes the naked human form as its dominant subject. The term is used for painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media.-Western tradition:...
s and landscape
Landscape
Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of...
s. Rodríguez Naranjo was one of the most outstanding and representative artists of the Colombian Santander region, along with Segundo Agelvis, Mario Hernández Prada, Carlos Gómez Castro, Martín Quintero and Pacheco de Suratá.
Sculptures
Some of Rodríguez Naranjo's most notable sculptures are:- José Antonio GalánJosé Antonio GalánJosé Antonio Galán José Antonio Galán José Antonio Galán (ca. 1749, Charalá, Santander (Colombia) – February 2, 1782, Santafé de Bogotá (Id.) was a Colombian historical figure of the 18th century...
statue, located in the main park in Socorro - Antonia Santos, one of the great figures of the Colombian Independence Struggle, sculpture, located in the main park in San GilSan GilSan Gil is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia.-Monuments:*Statue of Antonia Santos, one of the great figures of the Colombian Independence Struggle. This sculpture by Colombian artist Oscar Rodríguez Naranjo is located in the main park in San Gil.-External...
Exhibitions and Public Collections
These are some of his most important collections:- 1929, Casa del Estudiante, Bogotá
- 1931, I Salón de Artistas Colombianos, Bogotá
- 1933, Centro de Historia de Santander, Bucaramanga
- 1938, Académie Julian Yearly Exhibition, Paris, France
- 1943, Muestra Annual, Academia de Bellas Artes, Colegio Santander, Bucaramanga
- 1945, Muestra de la Academia de Bellas Artes, Bucaramanga
- 1951, Museo de Antioquia, Medellín
- 1959, Exposición de Artistas Santandereanos, Bucaramanga
- 1963, Banco de la República, Bucaramanga.
- 1975, Paisaje, Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM), Bogotá
- 1981, Antología 365 años de Pintura en Santander, Corporación Cultural Luis Perú De la Croix, Bucaramanga.
- 1981, Retrospectiva, Retratos, Cámara de Comercio, Bucaramanga
- 1983, Artistas del Socorro, Casa de la Cultura, El Socorro, Santander.
- 1987, Paisaje en Santander, Banco de la República, Bucaramanga.
- 1994, Forma y Color Colombia, Hotel La Fontana, Bogotá.
- 2006, Forma y Color Colombia, Galería Actualidad, Bucaramanga