Ricardo Acevedo Bernal

Ricardo Acevedo Bernal (4 May 1867 – 7 April 1930) was a Colombian portrait painter, composer and photographer.

He was born in Bogotá and attended the "Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé", where he studied with Father Santiago Páramo, SJ (1841-1915), then enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bogotá, with Pantaleón Mendoza [es] as his teacher.

[2] He returned to Colombia in 1898, where he devoted himself to creating religious murals at several churches, became a Professor at the Escuela and established his own art school in 1901.

[1] In addition to his portraits of historical figures and current notables, he was also a lover of Colombian folk music and composed several pasillos.

[2] In 1928, President Miguel Abadía Méndez honored him by giving him the title "Artista Máximo".