Ramón Torres Méndez (1809 - 1885)
1809-08-29Bogotá, Colombia1885-12-16Bogotá, Colombia
Ramón Torres Méndez
Ramón Torres Méndez is a Colombian painter and graphic artist.
A self-taught artist, Méndez achieved great success as a master of miniature portraiture and a representative of the Costumbristo movement. His genre paintings present pictures of Colombian life, which document with documentary accuracy the characteristic types of ordinary people of the mid-19th century, their costumes, occupations and recreation. Méndez's series of drawings, "Customs of New Granada," was lithographed in Bogotá in 1851.
Date and place of birt: | 29 august 1809, Bogotá, Colombia |
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Date and place of death: | 16 december 1885, Bogotá, Colombia |
Period of activity: | XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Miniaturist, Painter |
Genre: | Genre art, Portrait |
Art style: | Costumbrismo |