Alfonso Zambrano Payan

Alfonso Zambrano Payán (born December 26, 1915 in Pasto ; † December 7, 1991 ) was a Colombian sculptor .

Life

From 1941 Zambrano studied fine arts at the Universidad de Nariño . He is known for his wooden sculptures (especially Christ statues ) and altars , as well as for paper sculptures for the carnival of blacks and whites .

The Museo Alfonso Zambrano in Pasto is dedicated to him.

Honors

• 1972: Inauguration of the “Alfonso Zambrano Payán” exhibition room of the Casa de la Cultura de Nariño
• 1978: Medal of the Maestria Artesanal , awarded by the Ministerio de Desarrollo y Artesanías of Colombia
• 1984: Medalla al Mérito of the government of Nariño
• 1985: Medal of Honor Lorenzo de Aldana from the Pasto City Council
• 1985: Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Plastic Arts of the Universidad de Nariño
• 1988: Medal Maestro de Maestros from the Ministerio de Desarrollo y Artesanías of Colombia

literature

• Manuel Antonio Villegas: Alfonso Zambrano Payán: tallador y artista de Pasto. In: Cultura Nariñense , Vol. 6, No. 54 (December 1972), pp. 24-30.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Short biography of Alfonso Zambrano Payán ( memento of November 28, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on the website of the City of Pasto
2. ↑ Homenaje de Negros y Blancos a Zambrano. Article in El Tiempo , January 8, 1991.
3. ^ Museo Alfonso Zambrano ( Memento of December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the City of Pasto