He, from 21 Estampadores de Colombia, Mexico y Venuzuela
Catalogue
- Year
- 1972
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 56.6 × 76 cm (22 5/16 × 29 15/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Santiago Cárdenas
Artist
Santiago Cárdenas is a Colombian painter born in 1937 who works in a precise, photorealistic mode centered on still life and architectural interiors. His paintings render objects and spaces with meticulous attention to light, shadow, and surface texture, often employing a narrow tonal palette and frontal composition. Working across several decades of postwar abstraction and conceptualism, Cárdenas has maintained a commitment to observational painting as a rigorous discipline.
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- Santiago Cárdenas
- Year
- 1972
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 56.6 × 76 cm (22 5/16 × 29 15/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1972-064106
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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- Status
- verified