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| | Juan Antonio Roda |
 | | Those who knew him closely were well aware that Roda was not just a great artist—painter (“Painter among painters” for Beatriz González), drawer, printer, illustrator, jeweler, scenographer—but a man of culture as well, a music, literature and cinema lover and student, with a great knowledge of history, especially of art history. |
 | | I think now that if Roda — born in Valencia, Spain, in 1921- had not come to Colombia in 1955 but had stayed in his country of origin (although it is difficult to imagine him putting up with Franco’s dictatorship), still there he would be a top artist. |
 | | Mostly names of abstract artists, but some figurative ones, since Roda’s representative painting cannot be forgotten — the Felipe IV, the Self Portraits, the Christs, the The object of the Cult series, in which the artist demonstrated his drawing skills and his admiration for Picasso, Bacon and the world of cinema. |
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