Rodrigo Arenas
Overview
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
sculptor, born on October 23, 1919 in Fredonia
Fredonia
- Places :In the United States* Fredonia, Alabama* Fredonia, Arizona* Fredonia , Arkansas* Fredonia, California* Fredonia, Iowa* Fredonia, Kansas* Fredonia, Kentucky* Fredonia, New York* Fredonia, North Dakota* Fredonia, Pennsylvania...
, Antioquia. At the time of his death in 1995 he was recognized as one of the most important sculptors in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. Most of the main cities in Colombia have monumental statues sculpted by Arenas.
Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt died on May 14th, 1995 in the municipality of Caldas located in the southern end of The Valley of Aburrá and part of the Medellín Metropolitan Area.
His bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...
statues are characterized by their enormous proportions and dramatic expression.
