PROFILE
| Full name: Guillermo Wiedemann |
| Place of birth: Munich, Germany. |
| Birthdate: May 8, 1905 |
| Date of death: January 25, 1969 |
BIOGRAPHY
Guillermo Wiedemann was a Colombian-German painter born on May 8, 1905 in Munich, Germany. He studied at the Akademie der Kunste München, where he had Hugo von Habermann and Adolf Schinnerer as teachers.
Between 1936 and 1938 he lived in Berlin, where he was a victim of the persecutions that Hitler began against modern artists, whose works he classified as “Degenerate Art.”
(Conozca también: Biografía de Alfredo Tatis Benzo)
In 1939 he undertook a trip to South America. He settled in Buenaventura (Colombia) and then moved to Bogotá, the capital of the country.
Colombia became a great inspiration for his art, in many of his works the landscapes and inhabitants of some regions of Colombia are portrayed, especially a marked preference for Afro-Colombian themes.
His works are considered part of the expressionist movement. Furthermore, he is considered one of the precursors of abstract art in Colombia. In 1946 he obtained Colombian nationality.
(Also know: Biography of Hernando Pereira Brieva)
He died on January 25, 1969 in Key Biscaine, United States due to a neurodegenerative disease.
EXHIBITIONS
- 1940. He held his first exhibition at the National Library of Bogotá, Colombia.
- 1945. Exhibited at the Zea Museum in Medellín.
- 1945. Individual exhibition in the Gregorio Vásquez Room of the National Library of Bogotá.
- 1948. Exhibition at the National Museum of Bogotá.
- 1948. Inaugural exhibition of the Bogotá Art Galleries.
- 1949. National Hall of Modern Art, which took place at the National Museum of Colombia.
- 1955. Exhibition at the Haus der Kunst in Munich.
- 1958. XXIX Venice Biennale.
- 1958. Annual Exhibition of the Haus der Kunst in Munich.
- 1958. Guggenheim Competition in New York.
- 1959. Pan-American Exposition in Cartagena.
- 1959Exhibition of Six Colombian Painters, which took place in “El Callejón” in Bogotá, at the XII Annual Salon of Colombian Artists with the oil paintings “Composition in Green” and “Painting in Red”.
- 1959V Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil, oil painting “Red Painting”: wins second prize for painting.
- 1961. Halls of the Pan American Union in Washington, DC
- 1962. Group exhibition that, organized by José Gómez Sicre, toured Europe. There he presented four watercolors titled: “Constellation”, “Summer”, “The Arrival” and “Striado”.
- 1962. Exhibition of abstract watercolors at the RM Light and Co. Gallery in Boston, USA
- 1962. Group exhibition titled 7 Contemporary Painters, which took place at the Modern Art Gallery of Bogotá.
- 1962. II National Art Festival in Cali with several watercolors.
- 1962. XIV Hall of Colombian Artists with two watercolors and a collage.
- 1962. International Painting Exhibition with which the new premises of the “El Callejón” Gallery were inaugurated.
- 1963. Exhibition The 20th Century and Painting in Colombia with the oil painting “Intermedio”. This exhibition was held at the National Museum of Bogotá in honor of the delegates of the III Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Education.
- 1963. He participated in the III National Salon of Modern Art that was held in Pereira.
- 1963. XV Hall of Colombian Artists with the oil painting “Intermedio”.
- 1963. Exhibition of Six Contemporary Colombian Artists, which took place at Gallery 25 in Bogotá.
- 1964. Participated in the IV Art Salon of Cúcuta.
- 1964. Individual exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá: Shows a turn towards geometric painting.
- 1964. Group exhibition of Colombian Painters that toured Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn and Baden Baden.
CONSERVED WORKS
- Stattische Galerie, Munich. (Germany).
- Young Memorial Museum of San Francisco; Patchevich Collection. (USA)
- The Luis Ángel Arango Library. (Colombia)
- The National Museum of Colombia. (Colombia)
- The Coffee Bank. (Colombia)
- The Zea Museum of Medellín. (Colombia)
- The Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá. (Colombia)
- Other collections from Europe and the United States.
