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Lucy Tejada
Lucy Tejada
Born	October 9, 1920; Pereira, Colombia
Died	November 2, 2011 (aged 91); Cali, Colombia
Nationality	Colombian
Education	Javeriana University, School of Graphic Arts of Madrid, Spain
Known for	Painting
Spouse	Antonio Valencia

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Lucy Tejada Saenz (October 9, 1920 – November 2, 2011) was a Colombian contemporary painter. She is the sister of Hernando Tejada, another famous Colombian artist.

Life

Lucy Tejada Saenz was born in Pereira, Colombia on October 9, 1920 and died in Cali, Colombia on November 2, 2011. She came from a family of artists (her brother was the painter Hernando Tejada). She lived in Cali since 1936. After the death of her mother, Lucy moved to Bogota to study at the Javeriana University, and graduated from the School of Fine arts. There she met the also painter Antonio Valencia, that later would be her husband.

She completed her training in the Saint Fernando Arts Academy Log In ‹ Javier Amaya | escritor — WordPress and the School of Graphic Arts of Madrid, Spain. After a trip to the Guajira, in the year 1947, she had her first exhibition. In the 1950s, she traveled for five years around Europe staying in Madrid, Paris and Bucharest, where she discovered the big world museums.

Work

She has permanent works at the Club Rialto of Pereira, the solo museum of Cali and in the Library Luís Ángel Arango, of Bogota. Her characters, imaginary beings of black and deep eyes live in her paintings, that resemble his world; a beautiful ideal world, inhabited only by women and children. The artistic legacy is a trip by a world knitted of dreams, evocations and original proposals.

Lucy Tejada exhibited her works in America and Europe, receiving several prizes for her work in different national contests without scholarships neither support of the state, always lived off the sale of her works and felt proud of this, as it should be the future of all talented artists of her country. Lucy Tejada, with the support of her family and close friends, started the Lucy Tejada Foundation, with the aim to conserve and spread her work and the one of Hernando, her brother, memories of Cali that creates and builds possible worlds each day.

At the start of the decade of the 1950s, her work gained big international presence, when she participated at biennial events in Venecia, São Paulo, Mexico, Córdoba-Argentina, Medellín, San Juan-Puerto Rico and Havana-Cuba.^[1]

After two weeks in the unit of intensive care at the Clinic of Occidente of Cali, Lucy Tejada died peacefully on November 2, 2011. She was survived by her children Claudia and the also artist Alejandro Valencia Tejada.

Upon Tejada's death, and fulfilling her will, the family delivered to the city of Pereira a very valuable collection of 163 pieces of her work.^[2] The works of curation, study and preservation of such collection in preparation to a permanent public exhibition became reality as the Pereira municipality opened officially the Lucy Tejada Museum in 2019 as a tribute and recognition to a lifetime as an artist.

Awards

Alejandro Obregón called her "painter of the tenderness". Lucy Tejada showed many times her works in America and Europe, received several prizes, among others the Medal of the Cultural Merit in recognition to her contributions to the Colombian art during more than 50 years, and always lived of the sale of these works.
National Prize of Painting (1957)
Prize of Acquisition (1962)
First place of the Tenth Festival of Art (1970)
In the year 2008, the Ministry of Culture of Colombia awarded her the Prize "Life and Work", for her contributions and her long career in artistic painting.^[3]

Tribute

On 9 October 2018, to commemorate what would have been her 98th birthday, Google released a Google Doodle celebrating her.^[4]

Selected works

Guajira (ca 1952-54), oil on canvas, Miguel Urrutia Art Museum, Bogotá^[5]
El sembrador (1958), oil on canvas, Miguel Urrutia Art Museum, Bogotá^[6]
Lucha de insectos (1962), oil on canvas, Bogotá Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá^[7]
Ventana Oscura (1967), oil and ink on panel, Grupo Sura, Medellín^[8]
A las manos – Muro de la infamia (1973), oil and ink on panel, La Tertulia Museum, Cali^[9]

References

^ "Donación Lucy Tejada, primer regalo para Pereira en su Sesquicentenario | LaTarde.com". Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
^ "Lucy regresó a Pereira | LaTarde.com". Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
^ Espectador, El (March 19, 2020). "ELESPECTADOR.COM". ELESPECTADOR.COM.
^ "Lucy Tejada's 98th Birthday". Google. October 9, 2018.
^ "Guajira - Pintura". banrepcultural.org (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: Banco de la República de Colombia. 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
^ "El sembrador - Pintura". banrepcultural.org (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: Banco de la República de Colombia. 1958. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
^ "A las manos – Muro de la infamia" (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: ericaome.wixsite.com. April 19, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
^ "Ventana Oscura, 1967" (in Spanish). Medellín, Colombia: Sura.com. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
^ "A las manos – Muro de la infamia" (in Spanish). Cali, Colombia: Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved August 28, 2024.

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-'''Lucy Tejada Saenz''' (born Pereira, October 9, 1920 – died Cali, November 2, 2011) was a Colombian contemporary painter.
+'''Lucy Tejada Saenz''' (October 9, 1920 – November 2, 2011) was a Colombian contemporary painter. She is the sister of [[Hernando Tejada]], another famous Colombian artist.
 == Life ==
-Lucy Tejada Saenz was born in [[Pereira, Colombia|Pereira]], Colombia on October 9, 1920 and died in [[Cali]], [[Colombia]] on November 2, 2011. She came from a family of artists (her brother was the painter Hernando Tejada). She lived in [[Cali]] from 1936. After the death of her mother, Lucy moved to [[Bogotá|Bogota]] to study at the [[Javeriana University]], and graduated from the School of Fine arts. There she met the also painter Antonio Valencia, that later would be her husband.
+Lucy Tejada Saenz was born in [[Pereira, Colombia|Pereira]], Colombia on October 9, 1920 and died in [[Cali]], [[Colombia]] on November 2, 2011. She came from a family of artists (her brother was the painter Hernando Tejada). She lived in [[Cali]] since 1936. After the death of her mother, Lucy moved to [[Bogotá|Bogota]] to study at the [[Javeriana University]], and graduated from the School of Fine arts. There she met the also painter Antonio Valencia, that later would be her husband.
-She completed her training in the Saint Academy Fernando and the School of Graphic Arts of Madrid, Spain. After a trip to the [[La Guajira Department|Guajira]], in the year 1947, she had her first exhibition. In the 1950s, she traveled for five years in Europe staying in [[Madrid]], Paris and [[Bucharest]], where she discovered the big museums.
+She completed her training in the Saint Fernando Arts Academy [http://javier-amaya.us/wp-admin/post.php?post=1439&action=edit Log In ‹ Javier Amaya | escritor — WordPress] and the School of Graphic Arts of Madrid, Spain. After a trip to the [[La Guajira Department|Guajira]], in the year 1947, she had her first exhibition. In the 1950s, she traveled for five years around Europe staying in [[Madrid]], Paris and [[Bucharest]], where she discovered the big world museums.
 == Work ==
-She has works in the Club Rialto of [[Pereira, Colombia|Pereira]], the solon museum of [[Cali]] and in the Library Luís Ángel Arango, of [[Bogotá|Bogota.]] Her characters, imaginary beings of black and deep eyes live in her paintings, that resemble his world; a beautiful ideal world, inhabited only by women and boys. The artistic legacy is a trip by a world knitted of dreams, evocations and original proposals.
+She has permanent works at the Club Rialto of [[Pereira, Colombia|Pereira]], the solo museum of [[Cali]] and in the Library Luís Ángel Arango, of [[Bogotá|Bogota.]] Her characters, imaginary beings of black and deep eyes live in her paintings, that resemble his world; a beautiful ideal world, inhabited only by women and children. The artistic legacy is a trip by a world knitted of dreams, evocations and original proposals.
-Lucy Tejada exhibited her works in America and Europe, receiving several prizes by his work in different national contests without scholarships neither support of the state, always lived off the sale of her works and felt proud of this, is the future of all the artists of this country.  Lucy Tejada, in company of her family and of near friends, constituted the Lucy Tejada Foundation, with the aim to conserve and spread her work and the one of Hernando, her brother, memories of Cali that creates and builds possible worlds each day.
+Lucy Tejada exhibited her works in America and Europe, receiving several prizes for her work in different national contests without scholarships neither support of the state, always lived off the sale of her works and felt proud of this, as it should be the future of all talented artists of her country.  Lucy Tejada, with the support of her family and close friends, started the Lucy Tejada Foundation, with the aim to conserve and spread her work and the one of Hernando, her brother, memories of Cali that creates and builds possible worlds each day.
-From the decade of the 1950s, her work had big international presence, when she participated of biennial in Venecia, São Paulo, Mexico, Córdoba-Argentina, Medellín, San Juan-Puerto Rico and The Habana-Cuba.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latarde.com/noticias/pereira/105810-donacion-lucy-tejada-primer-regalo-para-pereira-en-su-sesquicentenario |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-03-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208091208/http://www.latarde.com/noticias/pereira/105810-donacion-lucy-tejada-primer-regalo-para-pereira-en-su-sesquicentenario |archivedate=February 8, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+At the start of the decade of the 1950s, her work gained big international presence, when she participated at biennial events in Venecia, São Paulo, Mexico, Córdoba-Argentina, Medellín, San Juan-Puerto Rico and Havana-Cuba.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latarde.com/noticias/pereira/105810-donacion-lucy-tejada-primer-regalo-para-pereira-en-su-sesquicentenario |title=Donación Lucy Tejada, primer regalo para Pereira en su Sesquicentenario &#124; LaTarde.com |access-date=2016-03-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208091208/http://www.latarde.com/noticias/pereira/105810-donacion-lucy-tejada-primer-regalo-para-pereira-en-su-sesquicentenario |archive-date=February 8, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
+After two weeks in the unit of intensive care at the Clinic of Occidente of Cali, Lucy Tejada died peacefully on November 2, 2011. She was survived by her children Claudia and the also artist Alejandro Valencia Tejada.
-After Tejada's death, and fulfilling her will, the family delivered to the city of Pereira a very valuable collection of 163 pieces of her work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latarde.com/sociales/diversion/103316-lucy-regreso-a-pereira |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-03-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916213639/http://www.latarde.com/sociales/diversion/103316-lucy-regreso-a-pereira |archivedate=September 16, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The works of curation, study and preservation of such collection in preparation to a permanent public exhibition in a future.
+Upon Tejada's death, and fulfilling her will, the family delivered to the city of Pereira a very valuable collection of 163 pieces of her work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latarde.com/sociales/diversion/103316-lucy-regreso-a-pereira |title=Lucy regresó a Pereira &#124; LaTarde.com |access-date=2016-03-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916213639/http://www.latarde.com/sociales/diversion/103316-lucy-regreso-a-pereira |archive-date=September 16, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The works of curation, study and preservation of such collection in preparation to a permanent public exhibition became reality as the Pereira municipality opened officially the '''Lucy Tejada Museum''' in 2019 as a tribute and recognition to a lifetime as an artist.
-After two weeks in the unit of intensive cares of the clinic of Occident of Cali, Lucy Tejada died on November 2, 2011. She was survived by her children Claudia and the also artist Alejandro Valencia Tejada.
 == Awards ==
-* [[Alejandro Obregón]] called her "painter of the tenderness". Lucy Tejada exposed many times his works in [[Americas|America]] and Europe, received several prizes, among others the Medal of the Cultural Merit in recognition to his contributions to the [[Colombian culture|Colombian art]] during more than 50 years, and always lived of the sale of his works.
+* [[Alejandro Obregón]] called her "painter of the tenderness". Lucy Tejada showed many times her works in [[Americas|America]] and Europe, received several prizes, among others the Medal of the Cultural Merit in recognition to her contributions to the [[Colombian culture|Colombian art]] during more than 50 years, and always lived of the sale of these works.
-* National prize of Painting (1957)
+* National Prize of Painting (1957)
 * Prize of Acquisition (1962)
 * First place of the Tenth Festival of Art (1970)
-* In the year 2008, the Ministry of culture of Colombia conceded him the Prize Life and Work, by his contributions and his long path in the painting.<ref>http://www.elespectador.com/impreso/cultura/articuloimpreso94108-lucidez-de-una-pintora</ref>
+* In the year 2008, the Ministry of Culture of Colombia awarded her the Prize "Life and Work", for her contributions and her long career in artistic painting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespectador.com/el-magazin-cultural/la-lucidez-de-una-pintora-article-94108/|title=ELESPECTADOR.COM|first=El|last=Espectador|date=March 19, 2020|website=ELESPECTADOR.COM}}</ref>
+==Tribute==
+On 9 October 2018, to commemorate what would have been her 98th birthday, Google released a [[Google Doodle]] celebrating her.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/lucy-tejadas-98th-birthday/|title=Lucy Tejada's 98th Birthday|work=Google|date=9 October 2018}}</ref>
+== Selected works ==
+{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
+* ''Guajira'' (ca 1952-54), oil on canvas, [[Miguel Urrutia Art Museum]], Bogotá<ref>{{cite web |title=Guajira - Pintura|url= https://colecciones.banrepcultural.org/document/guajira-pintura/63a069235d96b8790f36ddf0?q=lucy%20tejada&pos=1&pgn=0|website=banrepcultural.org |publisher=Banco de la República de Colombia|access-date=28 August 2024 |location=Bogotá, Colombia |language=Spanish |date=2019}}</ref>
+* ''El sembrador'' (1958), oil on canvas, [[Miguel Urrutia Art Museum]], Bogotá<ref>{{cite web |title=El sembrador - Pintura|url= https://colecciones.banrepcultural.org/document/el-sembrador-pintura/63a069025d96b8790f264af6?q=lucy%20tejada&pos=3&pgn=0|website=banrepcultural.org |publisher=Banco de la República de Colombia|access-date=28 August 2024 |location=Bogotá, Colombia |language=Spanish |date=1958}}</ref>
+* ''Lucha de insectos'' (1962), oil on canvas, [[Bogotá Museum of Modern Art]], Bogotá<ref>{{cite web |title= A las manos – Muro de la infamia|url= https://ericaome.wixsite.com/ericaomearte/single-post/2017/04/14/los-insectos-de-lucy-tejada|publisher=ericaome.wixsite.com|access-date=28 August 2024 |location=Bogotá, Colombia |language=Spanish |date=19 April 2013}}</ref>
+* ''Ventana Oscura'' (1967), oil and ink on panel, [[Grupo Sura]], Medellín<ref>{{cite web |title= Ventana Oscura, 1967|url= https://www.sura.com/arteycultura/obra/ventana-oscura/|publisher=Sura.com|access-date=28 August 2024 |location=Medellín, Colombia |language=Spanish |date=}}</ref>
+* ''A las manos – Muro de la infamia'' (1973), oil and ink on panel, [[La Tertulia Museum]], Cali<ref>{{cite web |title= A las manos – Muro de la infamia|url= https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/a-las-manos-%E2%80%93-muro-de-la-infamia-lucy-tejada/oQFDjbk7iTLrOA?hl=es-419|publisher=Google Arts & Culture|access-date=28 August 2024 |location=Cali, Colombia |language=Spanish |date=}}</ref>
+{{div col end}}
-== Sources ==
-* '''Poetic art''' : anthology, 1942–1976 / Oscar Echeverri Mejía ; [recorded of Lucy Tejada] Echeverri Mejía, Óscar (1918– ) Authors Secun: Tejada, Lucy Publication: [S.l. : s.n., 1978] ([Cali, Colombia] : Imp. Departamental) .177 p.: il.; 24&nbsp;cm
-* '''Lucy Tejada.''' Lucy Tejada / texts, Gonzalo Mallarino ... [Et al.]. Publication: [S.l.] : Alejandro Valencia Tejada, 1997 (Cali, Colombia : Printer Feriva) Description: 252 p. : ill. (some Cabbage.) ; 28&nbsp;cm. {{ISBN|9583307009}}
-* Lucy Tejada, retrospective, 1949–1982 of Lucy Tejada; National Museum of Colombia. Publication: Bogota : Colombian Institute of Culture, [1983]
-* '''The World of Lucy Tejada.''' Beatriz Uribe of Urdinola: Lucy Tejada: Retrospective 1951 – 1992.<ref>http://dintev.univalle.edu.co/cvisaacs/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=407&Itemid=5{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Publications Wall, 1993.
-* Medellín Forero, Carlos; Meneghetti, ArstidesLucy Tejada: "an art of submission to inner norms" / Carlos Medellín Forero In Magazine: ''Bogota cultural and bibliographic Bulletin'': Bank of the Republic, Library Luis-Angel Arango – 1:9 (1958:oct.) 320 {{ISSN|0006-6184}}
 == See also ==
 * [[Colombian culture|Culture of Colombia]]
 * [[Cali#Arts and culture|Santiago of Cali Art and culture]]
 * [[Valle del Cauca Department|Valley of the Cauca]]
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-== External links ==
+== Further reading ==
+* '''Poetic art''' : anthology, 1942–1976 / Oscar Echeverri Mejía ; [recorded by Lucy Tejada] Echeverri Mejía, Óscar (1918– ) Authors Secun: Tejada, Lucy Publication: [S.l. : s.n., 1978] ([Cali, Colombia] : Imp. Departamental) .177 p.: il.; 24&nbsp;cm
+* '''Lucy Tejada.''' Lucy Tejada / texts, Gonzalo Mallarino ... [Et al.]. Publication: [S.l.] : Alejandro Valencia Tejada, 1997 (Cali, Colombia : Printer Feriva) Description: 252 p. : ill. (some Cabbage.) ; 28&nbsp;cm. {{ISBN|9583307009}}
+* Lucy Tejada, retrospective, 1949–1982 of Lucy Tejada; National Museum of Colombia. Publication: Bogota : Colombian Institute of Culture, [1983]
+* '''The World of Lucy Tejada.''' Beatriz Uribe de Urdinola: Lucy Tejada: Retrospective 1951 – 1992.<ref>http://dintev.univalle.edu.co/cvisaacs/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=407&Itemid=5{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Publications Wall, 1993.
+* Medellín Forero, Carlos; Meneghetti, ArstidesLucy Tejada: "an art of submission to inner norms" / Carlos Medellín Forero in Magazine: ''Bogota cultural and bibliographic bulletin'': Bank of the Republic, Library Luis Angel Arango – 1:9 (1958:oct.) 320 {{ISSN|0006-6184}}
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