# Leo Matiz
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{{Short description|Colombian photographer and artist (1917–1998)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Leo Matiz
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|04|01}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|10|24|1917|04|01}}
| children = Leo Matiz, Sergio Matiz, Maya Matiz and Alejandra Matiz
| website = https://www.fundacionleomatiz.org
}}
'''Leonet Matiz Espinoza''' (April 1, 1917 – October 24, 1998)[{{cite web|title=Leonet Matiz Espinosa - Brasil, Cartões de Imigração|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FFTC-SMG|website=[FamilySearch](/source/FamilySearch)|accessdate=3 October 2015}}] was a Colombian photographer, [caricaturist](/source/caricaturist), newspaper publisher, painter and gallery owner.[{{cite news|last1=Crisp|first1=Johnny|title=Bogota pays homage to the life and photography of Leo Matiz (1917-1998)|url=http://colombiareports.com/bogota-pays-homage-to-the-life-and-photography-of-leo-matiz-1917-1998/|accessdate=3 October 2015|work=Colombia Reports|date=24 April 2013}}]
== Early life ==
Matiz was born in the small village of [Aracataca](/source/Aracataca) in the [Magdalena Department](/source/Magdalena_Department) of [Colombia](/source/Colombia) to father Tulio Matiz and mother Eva Matiz.[{{cite web|title=Biografía|url=http://www.leomatiz.org/biografia/|website=Leo Maitz Foundation|accessdate=3 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130004237/http://www.leomatiz.org/biografia/|archive-date=30 November 2014|url-status=dead}}] His hometown is also the birthplace of [Gabriel García Márquez](/source/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez). He travelled widely and sold caricatures and illustrations to earn a living. In 1951, Matiz's gallery hosted the first exhibition of Colombian artist [Fernando Botero](/source/Fernando_Botero) with a showing of his paintings at the [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1%2C_Colombia) gallery.[{{cite web|last1=Angel|first1=Miguel|title=Biography|url=http://rogallery.com/Matiz/matiz-bio.html|website=Ro Gallery|accessdate=3 October 2015}}]
== Career ==
Matiz was known for his sense of style including a thick slightly long hair, colored jackets, and gangster style mustache. He had a robust laugh and carried his caricatures and drawings in a folder. He was at the center of the [bohemian](/source/Bohemianism) intellectualism of [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1%2C_Colombia), [Caracas](/source/Caracas), [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City) and other Latin American capital centers.
He photographed [Frida Kahlo](/source/Frida_Kahlo), [Diego Rivera](/source/Diego_Rivera), [Esther Williams](/source/Esther_Williams), [Janice Logan](/source/Janice_Logan), [David Alfaro Siqueiros](/source/David_Alfaro_Siqueiros), the first castings of [María Félix](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_F%C3%A9lix), [Luis Buñuel](/source/Luis_Bu%C3%B1uel), [Marc Chagall](/source/Marc_Chagall), [Louis Armstrong](/source/Louis_Armstrong), [Álvaro Mutis](/source/%C3%81lvaro_Mutis), [Pablo Neruda](/source/Pablo_Neruda), [Walt Disney](/source/Walt_Disney), Enrique Santos Montejo, “Calibán”, [Lucho Bermúdez](/source/Lucho_Berm%C3%BAdez), [Agustín Lara](/source/Agust%C3%ADn_Lara), [Gabriel Figueroa](/source/Gabriel_Figueroa), Esther Fernandez, [José Clemente Orozco](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Clemente_Orozco), Mario Moreno [Cantinflas](/source/Cantinflas), and [Dolores del Río](/source/Dolores_del_R%C3%ADo).