Manuel Hernández Gómez (1928—2014) was a Colombian painter and educator.[1][2] He is considered one of the key figures in abstract painting in the country, and exhibited his work internationally.[2][3] Hernández Gómez was a professor at the School of Fine Arts in Bogotá, and served as director of the School of Fine Arts in Ibagué.[4]
Hernández Gómez was part of the art groups Taller 9, and Nueva Generación.[4][3] In the 1960s, he abandoned the figurative style of painting and dedicated himself to abstract art. In 1967, he received first prize at the XIII National Salon with his work 'flores en blanco y rojo'.[2][6]
Hernández Gómez was married Pilar Quiñónez de Hernández.[3] He died on October 1, 2014, in Bogotá.[3]
His work is found in public collections and archives, including the Blanton Museum of Art,[7] and the print collection of the New York Public Library.[8] In 2020, his work was part of the group exhibition Expanding Abstraction: Pushing the Boundaries of Painting in the Americas, at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas.[9]
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^ ab"Murió el pintor bogotano Manuel Hernández" [The Bogota painter Manuel Hernández died]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). October 1, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
