Enrique Grau

Enrique Grau ( born December 18, 1920 in Panama City, † 1 April 2004 in Bogotá ) was a Colombian painter and sculptor. He was known for his depictions of Indian and Afro- Colombian figures and was, together with Fernando Botero and Alejandro Obregón 's most significant artists of the 20th century in Colombia.

Gray grew up in the Colombian coastal town of Cartagena. In the early 1940s went gray to New York to study at the Art Students League of New York. Later he traveled to Italy and learned there etching and fresco techniques.

To combine his idea, figurative representations of " whites", " blacks" and " natives " with items such as masks, eggs, fruit or cages brought him international fame. His work has been shown in New York's Guggenheim Museum and in the Paris Museum of Modern Art.

Gray gift to his hometown Cartagena 1,300 works ( including some by other artists ). The donation is to be seen from the end of 2004 in its own museum. Enrique Grau died at the age of 83 years to a lung disease from which he suffered for a long time.

Awards

• Painter (Colombia )
• Modernist painters
• Sculptor (Colombia )
• Colombian
• Born in 1920
• Died in 2004
• Man