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Margararita Lozano

White Vase with Ginger Torches Oil on canvas, 31 x 27 inches

As the daughter of a prominent Columbian diplomat and politician, Margarita Lozano has lived throughout the world since her birth in Paris in 1936.  It was in Paris, at the Atelier Boissière, where her artistic training began in 1953.  After Paris, she went off to Rome to study under Pio Eroli and then to New York where she studied painting, drawing and advertising.

Upon returning to Columbia in 1957, she enrolled at the School of Fine Arts at the Universidad Nacional where she studied under Eduardo Ramìez Villamizar and Fernando Botero.  Her continuous travels availed her the museums of the world where she closely studied the works of the old masters.  But it was Pierre Bonnard’s color and light that captured her spirit.

In spite of her extensive traveling and extended stays abroad, Margarita Lozano’s love for Columbia and for the lushness of its tropical nature have been a significant source of inspiration.