Colombian artist Gustavo Zalamea dies.

The painter, draftsman, printmaker and teacher Gustavo Zalamea died Tuesday July 12 at night.

Gustavo Zalamea, son of the renowned art critic Traba, was born in Buenos Aires in 1951. He studied architecture at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and anthropology and design at the University of Concepcion, Chile. Although he was born in Buenos Aires, he always considered himself Colombian because in Colombia was when he truly became an artist.

He devoted much of his life to teaching at the National University of Colombia where he served as Director of the School of Visual Arts during 2004-2006.

When people asked him about his artistic passion he answered “ The drawing is memory and is resistance”.

Colombia is mourning the loss of one of the most important painters of our decade and without a doubt will be remembered in the Colombians hearts.