(b. Cartagena, Colombia, 1944; d. 1988).
Darío Morales attended the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá and studied at Stanley William Hayter's print workshop, Atelier 18, in Paris. Among various Colombian artists who held fast to figuration as opposed to abstraction during the 1970's, Morales focused on creating realistic drawings and bronzes of the female nude. His work shows a quiet realism, as opposed to the more emotional works of his compatriot Luis Caballero (b. 1943). Morales held solo exhibitions in Bogotá in 1971 and in Washington, D.C. in 1972. His works were included in the 1980 exhibition Realism and Latin American Paintings: The 70's, held at the Museo de Monterrey in Mexico. Sources:
Edward J. Sullivan, ed. Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century. London: Phaidon Press, 1996. pg. 173.
Marta Traba, Art of Latin America: 1900–1980. Baltimore: Inter-American Development Bank, 1994. pg. 161.
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