Francisco Antonio Cano Cardona

Francisco Antonio Cano was a Colombian painter, sculptor, writer, and engraver from Antioquia who is famous for his works in which he portrays the cultural identity of the country and region. One of his best known works is Horizons, which depicts the beginning of the colonization of Antioquia that took place during the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In his later years he was also a professor and late director of the School of Fine Arts in Bogot. He was also a mentor to other famous Colombian artists, such as Pedro Nel Gomez and Marco Tobon Mejia.

Cano was born in the town of Yarumal, Colombia on November 24, 1865 to a poor family. He was son to Jos Mara Cano Alvarez and Mara Jesus Cardona y Villegas. He was baptized five days later. He had a brother named Jos Ignacio.

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