Oscar Rodríguez Naranjo

Who is Oscar Rodríguez Naranjo?

Oscar Rodríguez Naranjo was a painter from Socorro, Santander Department, Colombia. His works include mainly oil paintings and sculptures.

Rodríguez Naranjo studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Bogotá. Owing to the talent he displayed he was able to obtain scholarships for the Académie Julian and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris.

He came back from France during the Second World War and settled in Bucaramanga. Rodríguez Naranjo taught at the art school while he made a number of paintings that would build up his reputation in Colombia. In 1941 he became the Director of the Academia de Bellas Artes in Bucaramanga.

The main themes of his paintings were portraits, including religious figures, nudes and landscapes. Rodríguez Naranjo was one of the most outstanding and representative artists of the Colombian Santander region, along with Segundo Agelvis, Mario Hernández Prada, Carlos Gómez Castro, Martín Quintero and Pacheco de Suratá.