Rómulo Rozo born in Chiquinquirá, Colombia in January 13, 1899. He studied in the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Bogotá with Antonio Rodríguez del Villar. He worked as professor of sculpture in 1921 in this place. In 1924 traveled to Spain. From 1925 thru 1927 lived and worked in Paris where was invited to participate in several exhibitions and won many prizes As result of this, he could study in 1925 in the National School of Fine Arts in Paris. Rozo represented the sculptors of a nationalist tendency. After a period in which he produced work characterized by excessive emphasis on decoration, he did a series of pieces depicting female figures, including mothers and children, in a more simplified, synthesized manner. His intermediary phase between the two extremes was developed during a stay in Mexico and is represented by a sculpture of 1929 entitled Mater Dolorosa. In 1931, he traveled in Mexico attracted for the Mexican Renaissance and his interest in the indigene cultures. He worked as member of the Cultural Department of the Colombia Government until 1941. During this period, Rozo was professor in the Academia de San Carlos. He was fascinated for the Mayan sculpture that represents the erotism and sensuality of the prehispanic cultures. Rozo was member of the Mexican Scientific Expedition to the southeast of Mexico and Central America where he done many sculptures, basically in Yucatan and Veracruz. He died in Mérida, Yucatan in 1964. Last year his talent was showed in an important individual exhibition at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City that traveled later to Bogotá, Colombia. He died in Mérida, Yucatán (Mexico) in August 17, 1964.
