Alejandro Obregón
Alejandro Obregón: A Life in Art Born: Barcelona, Spain (4 June 1920) Died: Cartagena, Colombia (11 April 1992) Nationality: Colombian-Spanish Early Life and Artistic Development Obregón was born in Barcelona, Spain, to a Colombian father and a Catalan mother. His family relocated to Barranquilla, Colombia when he was three years old. He initially studied architecture at the National University of Colombia but soon transitioned to painting, recognizing his true passion. Early influences included European modernism and surrealism, but he developed a unique style r…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Alejandro Obregón's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
