Meet Aníbal Gil, the maestro of multiply technics and life view.

Born in 1932 in Colombia. He studied painting in Italy, where he trained at the Academy of San Marcos and in various European museums. Is distinguished by practicing a great variety of artistic techniques among them painter, draftsman and engraver.

MENTIONS
  • 01
    1955
    First prize of fresco painting, among the students of the Academy Of San Marco, Florence, Italy.
  • 02
    1956
    First prize of engraving, in a contest for Italian students, Turin, Italy.
  • 03
    1957
    First prize of engraving and first prize of oil painting, in the Second Salon of Antioqueños Artists.
  • 04
    1957
    Honorable mention in engraving, XIII Hall of National Artists.
  • 05
    1958
    Honorable mention in engraving, Exhibition of Colombian Artists, Ibagué.
"I had known Aníbal Gil for a long time as an engraver. His uril describes men, pigeons, memories, life and death with drawings of a precise line that creates surfaces, textures, lights and shadows"
Dicken Castro
"Aníbal Gil seeks perfection in his works. Each new proposal is an attempt to achieve it. His experience in art has been in the works for five decades. "Impressive!
Beatriz Mesa Mejía
"The work of the teacher Aníbal Gil is a personal approach to the whole atmosphere that accompanies the inhabitant of the city and at the same time to its formal, cultural, spatial and spiritual roots."
Mauricio Hincapié Acosta

EXHIBITIONS

  • 1958 Exhibition of Painters Antioqueños, Medellín
    XI National Salon of Colombian Artists, Bogotá
  • 1959 Exhibition of Colombian Painters, Cartagena
    XII National Salon of Colombian Artists, Bogotá
  • 1960 Painters Antioqueños, Manizales
  • 1961 XII National Salon of Colombian Artists, Bogotá
  • 1962 XVI National Salon of Colombian Artists, Bogotá
    Colombian Painting Hall, Cúcuta.
    Salon of Plastic Arts, Ibagué.
  • 1967 Arte Nuevo for Medellín, Furatena Building, Medellín
  • 1968 Southern Salon of Graphic Arts, CaliCollective Exhibition: Pedro Nel Gómez, Rafael Sáenz, Horacio Longas,Aníbal Gil, Centro Colombo Americano, Medellín.
  • 1969 Antioquian masters, National Gallery of Art, Medellín.
  • 1967 Gallery Picasso, Medellín.
  • 1968 Society of Friends of Art, Pereira.
  • 1969 Centro Colombo Americano, Manizales
  • 1970 Pan-American Exhibition of Graphic Arts, Cali
  • 1971 American Biennial of Graphic Arts, Cali
    Culture Week in Envigado, Envigado
  • 1972 II Coltejer Art Biennial, Medellín
  • 1973 XXII National Salon of Colombian Artists, Bogotá
    American Biennial of Graphic Arts, Cali
    Colombian engravers and artists, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá
    Hall of National Artists, National Museum, Bogotá
  • 1974 Colombian Recorders, Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá
    Contemporary Colombian Artists, Pereira
    XXVI National Hall, Luis Ángel Arango Library, Bogotá
  • 1975 Collective Exhibition UPB 40 years, Medellín
  • 1976 American Biennial of Graphic Arts, Cali
  • 1977 El Castillo Museum, Medellin
  • 1980 Painting in the 70’s, Museum of Modern Art, Medellín
    Serial Graphic Artwork in Colombia, Central Bank Hipotecario, Bogotá
  • 1981 VI American Biennial of Graphic Arts, Cali
  • 1983 Engraving in Colombia, Bogotá
    Colombian Watercolorists, Quirama Campus, El Carmen de Viboral, Antioquia
  • 1985 Sculptures in the Architectural Space, El Castillo Museum, Medellín
  • 1986 I ACAP Hall, Antioquia Museum, Medellín
  • 1987 II ACAP Hall, Antioquia Museum, Medellín
  • 1988 III ACAP Hall, Antioquia Museum, Medellín
  • 1989 IV ACAP Hall, Chamber of Commerce, Medellín
    85 years of plastic arts in Antioquia, Chamber of Commerce, Medellín
  • 1990 V ACAP Hall, ACAP Headquarters, Medellín
  • 1991 VI ACAP Hall, ACAP Headquarters, Medellín
  • 1992 VI ACAP Hall, ACAP Headquarters, Medellín
  • 1993 300 Years of Portrait in Antioquia, Museo de Antioquia, Medellín
  • 1994 Fifty Years of Painting and Sculpture in Antioquia, Sala Suramericana, Medellín
  • 2000 Art in Company, Suramericana de Seguros, Medellín
  • 2007 Museum of Antioquia, Medellín
  • 1964 Exhibition of American Recorders, Los Angeles, United States.
  • 1970 Biennial of Latin American Engraving, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • 1971 IX International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubian, Yugoslavia.
  • 1972I International Engraving Biennial, Norway.
    II Biennial of Latin American Engraving, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    Engravers from Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela, Cartón de Colombia, Cali, Caracas, Mexico City.
  • 1973 International Exhibition of Miniature Engraving, Norway.
    International Exhibition of Graphic Arts, Wiesenweg, Germany.
  • 1974 II International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Norway.
    II Biennial of Latin American Engraving, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • 1977 I Biennial of Engraving of America, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
  • 1980 V International Engraving Biennial, Fredrikstad, Norway.
  • 1981 V Bienal de Grabado Latinoamericano, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • 1982 VI International Engraving Biennial, Fredrikstad, Norway.
    Art and Solidarity, Museo Guayasamín, Quito, Ecuador.
  • 1983 VI Latin American Engraving Biennial, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • 1957 National Library, Bogotá.
  • 1958 Museum of Zea, Medellin.
    La Tertulia Museum, Cali.
  • 1959 Room of the Inquisition, Cartagena.
    Society of Friends of Art, Pereira.
  • 1962 Luis Ángel Arango Library, Bogotá.
  • 1963 El Cid Theater, Medellin.
    National Library, Bogotá.
  • 1964 Museum of Zea, Medellin.
  • 1965 National Library, Bogotá.
    Gallery Picasso, Medellín.
  • 1966 National Library, Bogotá.
  • 1967 Gallery Picasso, Medellín.
  • 1968 Society of Friends of Art, Pereira.
  • 1970 Centro Colombo Americano, Manizales.
  • 1973 Centro Coltejer, Medellin.
    Gallery Ciudad Solar, Cali.
  • 1975 Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá.
  • 1976 Maracaibo, Venezuela.
  • 1977 Centro Coltejer, Medellin.
    Gallery El Callejón, Bogotá.
  • 1978 Gallery La Mancha Blanca, Cali.
  • 1980 Art Chamber of the Chamber of Commerce, Medellín.
    Gallery La Mancha Blanca, Cali.
  • 1981 Gallery Pluma, Bogotá.
  • 1982 Salón XX, Bank of Colombia, Medellín.
  • 1983 Gallery Vértice, Bogotá.
  • 1984 Suramericana de Seguros, Medellín.
  • 1985 Gallery La Mansarda, Medellín.
  • 1987 Gallery Pluma, Bogotá.
  • 1989 El Colombiano Newspaper, Medellín.
  • 1992 Irotama Gallery, Medellín.
    Gallery El Taller, Pereira.
  • 1993 Culture Building, Medellin Chamber of Commerce.
  • 1994 Sala Alterna, Chamber of Commerce of Medellín.
  • 1996 El Castillo Museum, Medellin.
  • 1997 Museum of Art, University of Antioquia, Medellín.
    Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena.
  • 1998 El Castillo Museum, Medellin.
  • 2004 Julieta Álvarez Gallery, Medellín.
  • 2006 El Castillo Museum, Medellin.
  • 2009 Palace of Culture Rafael Uribe Uribe, Medellín.
  • 2015 Museum El Castillo, Medellín.
  • 2017 University de La Sabana, Bogotá.
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