Ana Mercedes Hoyos – Colombian Painter And Sculptor

Ana Mercedes Hoyos, a Colombian painter and sculptor who lived from September 29, 1942, to September 5, 2014, was a trailblazer of modern art in her native nation. She has received over seventeen prizes of national and worldwide recognition for her artistic works during her fifty years. She started in the Pop Art movement and eventually evolved into abstract art. As she studied light, color, sensuality, and the abundance of her environment, she progressed toward cubism and realism. Her study of Colombian diversity began with her reinterpretations of master painters, and her later works emphasized the role of Afro-Colombian and mestizo heritage in the country's landscape. Her artwork can be found in the permanent collections of several Latin American cities, including Juan Antonio Roda, the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, the Ibercaja Collection in Zaragoza, Spain, the Fuji Art Museum in Tokyo, and the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, New York. She gave the National M...