Miguel de la Espriella

Miguel de la Espriella (Sucre (Colombia), 1947 -) is a Colombian painter and sculptor.

His work has been developed in oil on canvas and in bronze sculptures. His work refers to his childhood memories on the Colombian coast and can be related to magical realism. Important personalities of Colombian literature have made reference to his work, such as the writer Gabriel García Márquez, Rafael Escalona (composer), Francico Gil Tovar (art historian) and Eduardo Marceles Daconte (writer, visual arts curator and cultural researcher)..

In 2005, Miguel Francisco de la Espriella Vergara received, in the elliptical hall of the Senate of the Republic of Colombia, the culture award from Colombian journalists, for his twenty years of artistic and cultural work. In 2008 he represented Colombia in the Cultural section of the Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

Sculptures

The bronze sculptures of "Noble" They mainly portray the usual cultural events that happen in Colombia, particularly those related to the land and life that are typical of this region of the planet. His sculptures reproduce events such as coleus or corralejas - traditional activities of the natives of the coast where the artist grew up.

Noble signs his works with a cartoon-like logo.