Eugenio Montoya: A Colombian Portraitist Bridging Tradition and Modernity Eugenio Montoya (1860 – 1923) stands as a pivotal figure in Colombian art history, embodying the confluence of academic training and artistic experimentation during the late nineteenth and early and twentieth centuries. Born in Rionegro, Antioquia, Montoya’s formative years were steeped in the traditions of Andean landscape painting—a legacy he would subtly inco…