Horizontes

Horizons (Spanish: Horizontes) is a 1913 oil painting by Francisco Antonio Cano Cardona.^[1] Horizons shows the idealized migrant family and it portrays a colono family –consisting of a husband, wife, and child– sitting on a bluff, surrounded by mountains. The three members of the family are often referred as a version of the Holy family, with the woman dressed in colors like the Virgin Mary, with a baby on her lap.^[2] The gaze of the wife, child, and father are in the direction of the man's outstretched hand, which evokes Michelangelo's Creation of Adam, and that points toward an unseen horizon.^[2]

Horizontes
Artist	Francisco Antonio Cano Cardona
Year	1913
Medium	Oil on canvas
Location	Museum of Antioquia, Medellín

The painting is a part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Antioquia, located in Medellín, Colombia.

History

Horizons was painted in Bogotá after the painter moved there from Medellín.

References

1. Santiago Londoño Vélez; Francisco Antonio Cano (2002). La mano luminosa: vida y obra de Francisco Antonio Cano. Universidad Eafit. p. 115. ISBN 978-958-8173-16-0.
2. Nancy P. Appelbaum (2003). Muddied Waters: Race, Region, and Local History in Colombia, 1846–1948. Duke University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8223-3092-9.