Santiago Martínez Delgado

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

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