Marco Tobón Mejía

[1] He lived in France for almost all his career, where he met and formed relationships with several prominent artists, including Auguste Rodin, Aristide Maillol, and Antoine Bourdelle.

[2] He worked mostly within neoclassic and Art Nouveau styles, and is known especially for his sculptures in bronze, electroplate, and pewter.

His marble statues Poetry and The Silence are dedicated to the Colombian poet José Asunción Silva.

Tobón was born in Santa Rosa de Osos, near Medellín, Colombia.

During his residence in Cuba between 1905 and 1909, he also did covers and illustrations for the magazine Le Figaro and others.