Artist

Omar Rayo

Portrait of Omar Rayo
Portrait of Omar Rayo

Colombian, 1928–2010

Omar Rayo was a Colombian artist. 8 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Omar Rayo was born in Roldanillo.

Omar Rayo Reyes (January 20, 1928 – June 7, 2010) was a renowned Colombian painter, sculptor, caricaturist and plastic artist. He won the 1970 Salón de Artistas Colombianos. Rayo worked with abstract geometry primarily employing black, white, red and yellow.

He was part of the Op Art movement. Rayo's work shows that geometric art is as much a part of the past as it is of the future. He used traces of the past to discover new ways to present visual and geometric sketches.

One of his most celebrated exhibitions was carried out in the National Room of the Museum of the Palace of fine arts of Mexico, titled "20 years, 100 works: Omar Rayo."

Works by Omar Rayo

Collections represented

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