Santiago Martínez Delgado

Santiago Martínez Delgado (1906–1954) was a Colombian painter, sculptor, art historian and writer.

Santiago Martínez Delgado (1948)

Quotes

• Only give me your word that if I increase your paper's circulation you'll give me a job” (1925)).
  • "Leonor Concha SMD Collection" Santiago Martinez Delgado Papers, SMD por Joaquín Pineros Corpas p. 28
  • Martinez words when he was at an unsolicited job interview at the newspaper la patria

• I am not my self, I am the result of all my ancestors.
  • "Leonor Concha SMD Collection" Santiago Martínez Delgado Papers, Periódico la Patria de Cartagena p. 3 - Palabras de Martínez

• A dilemma of la Madonna.
  • "SMD Collection" Santiago Martinez Delgado por Joaquín Pineros, periódico el Tiempo - Based on the Dilemma by the Raphael Painting...

About Martinez

• Santiago is the today and tomorrow of Latin American Art. His exquisite line and masterful talent are a great asset for his native Colombia.
  • Edgar Kaufmann conversation, letter to Edgar Kaufmann Jr, 1932, Wis.

• Young Columbian Santiago Martinez argues a bit much about the the stroke of this project; nevertheless, Taliesin needs more like him, to make the debates stand the transient of the facts.
  • Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Edgar Kaufmann conversation, letter to Edgar Kaufmann Jr, 1932, Wis.

• Martinez finished a stained window; inventing a tropical Deco, I can almost smell that he is from South America and has the tropics in his spirit.
  • Frank Lloyd Wright
  • letter to Tafel 1932, SUNY library Collection

• Santiago Martinez Delgado made a Master piece in the Colombian Congress building worthy of admiration …
  • General George C. Marshall 1948
  • Marshall Library, Marshall Foundation, Bogotazo files, Folio 23- p23

• … Just came from Colombia, where the enormous oil on canvas by Martinez Delgado was transported to the Bank, It is the last masterpiece of a remarkable artist. What an honor for the Bank and for the people of Colombia.
  • Nelson Rockefeller
  • New York City Historic Society Archives, A Ref 23990092

• … and the art was in every corner and wall… a Mural of the Century of Progress in Colombia South America is rich in detail, painted by a student of the Fine Arts Academy of Chicago named Santiago Martinez; a name to remember…
  • Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (Inauguration day of the 1933 Chicago International Fair)
  • FDR Library, Folio 345 - visit of Mrs Roosevelt to the fair P. 56

• …Young Colombia Santiago Martínez made a mural in the 3rd pavilion showing much talent, He is a student at the academy of fine arts in Chicago, and a great candidate to come to our lectures.
  • Diego Rivera
  • letter to a gallery in NY --- New York city History Academy Archives

Online sources

• Gehr, Pablo. Santiago Martinez Delgado. Arte Colombia. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.