Skip to main content

Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

1917-1998

Leo Matiz was a Colombian photographer, caricaturist, newspaper publisher, painter and gallery owner. Matiz was born in the small village of Aracataca in the Magdalena Department of Colombia to father Tulio Matiz and mother Eva Matiz. His hometown is also the birthplace of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 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 with a showing of his paintings at the Bogotá gallery. 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 intellectualism of Bogotá, Caracas, Mexico City and other Latin American capital centers. He photographed Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Esther Williams, Janice Logan, David Alfaro Siqueiros, the first castings of María Félix, Luis Buñuel, Marc Chagall, Louis Armstrong, Álvaro Mutis, Pablo Neruda, Walt Disney, Enrique Santos Montejo, “Calibán”, Lucho Bermúdez, Agustín Lara, Gabriel Figueroa, Esther Fernandez, José Clemente Orozco, Mario Moreno Cantinflas, and Dolores del Río. Matiz was influenced by Mexican cinema, geography, architecture, history, muralism and history as well as the artists Gustave Doré, George Grozt, Nadar and Guadalupe Posada. He was a photographer for Asi, Life, Reader's Digest, Harper Magazine, Look and Norte. Matiz had a high profile and intense dispute with David Alfaro Siqueiros. Later in life, Matiz lost an eye after a robber hit him with a wooden stick and tried to steal his camera and bicycle. He continued photographing with an eye patch. Matiz died in Bogotá, Colombia, on October 24, 1998. The Foundation Leo Matiz was established to preserve his legacy.

to
3
8
1
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
12
12
8
8
4
11
11
8
7
6
5
4
4
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
3
1
1
1
21
2,415
1,881
725
298
3
1
12
Artist: Leo Matiz
Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943 Color Portrait
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

1940s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Color

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943. Color Portrait
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

1940s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Color

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Diptych. From the Frida Khalo Series
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

1940s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Color, Digital Pigment

Frida Kahlo en la casa azul, Coyoacán, Mexico. Platinum edition. B&W Portrait
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

1940s Other Art Style Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Black and White

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. Color Portrait
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

1940s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Color

Frida Kahlo in Coyoacán, Mexico. Black and white Portrait photograph
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

1940s Other Art Style Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Digital Pigment

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. Color Portrait
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

1940s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Color

Frida Kahlo en la casa azul, Coyoacán, Mexico. Platinum edition. B&W Portrait
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

1940s Other Art Style Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House, Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943. Diptych Color portraits
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

1940s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Color

Frida Kahlo in the Blue House (Diptych) Coyoacán, Mexico. 1943. Color Portraits
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

1940s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Color

Frida Kahlo Portrait, Photograph by Leo Matiz
By Leo Matiz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A portrait of Frida Kahlo taken in 1945 by Leo Matiz. The photograph was printed in 1991 and hand-signed and numbered on the reverse. Unframed. Artist: Leo Matiz, Colombian (1917 ...
Category

1940s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Frida Kahlo in Xochimilco, Mexico. Black and white Portrait photograph
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...
Category

1940s Other Art Style Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Digital Pigment

Related Items
Nirvana Nevermind Underwater
Located in Austin, TX
Signed limited edition photographic print of Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana by photographer Kirk Weddle from the famous 1991 sw...
Category

1990s Contemporary Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

We Know Our Place (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
We Know Our Place (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant (Photo by Slim Aarons) A Dalmatian dog lies at the feet of Mr and Mrs John M Seabrook as they pose...
Category

1950s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Color

Sardinia, Italy, Contemporary Color Fashion Photography 1960s by Ormond Gigli
By Ormond Gigli
Located in New york, NY
Ormond Gigli's Sardinia, Italy, 1969, is a limited edition archival pigment print. A 22.5" x 20" print in an edition of 8 is signed recto (front of photo). Provenance: the artist's...
Category

1960s Contemporary Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment, Photographic Film

New York City, Grand Central Station, Contemporary Color Night Photography
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
For X-Ray, New York City, 2012 by Roberta Fineberg, the artist uses long-exposure photography and light trails for the color photograph of a woman crossing Park Avenue in New York City. The image shot at night is in the photographer's Cities series. A 20" x 16", signed, titled, dated archival pigment print in an edition of 5. Provenance: RF Studio *** Artist's Bio: As a visual artist, Roberta Fineberg (RF) focuses on the themes of serendipity, inventiveness, and the development of ideas for her photography, video, installations, works on paper, and painting. Drawn to experimentation, she explores diverse mediums and concepts such as the ephemeral (Butterfly Series), stolen moments (documentary photography), play, timelessness, the enduring, and the significance of matter. RF, living in New York City, began her career as an editorial photographer while studying in Paris. In France she contributed both photography and writing to publications, landing a column (photos and text) with The Saturday Review while exhibiting photographs in public spaces. Roberta Fineberg’s freelance photography appeared in Le Monde, Jeune Afrique, Paris Match, L’Officiel Femme, Ms, Weltwoche, Vanguardia, among others with images licensed through stock agencies. Photographs were selected for cover art at W.W. Norton, St. Martin’s Press, Harcourt, Bookspan, Simon & Schuster, etc. Print Regional Design Annual New York (2003) awarded her for book jacket photography for If Wishes Were Horses. In 1997 Macmillan published City Riders: A Story of Riding and Friendship her first book of black-and-white photographs and a story about three teenage girls in the 1990s who rode horses at the now-defunct Claremont Riding Academy and oldest stable in New York City. In 2023, RF created an interactive installation, works on paper on the female body, in a public space. In July 2022, Fineberg’s Double Helix was included in a Sotheby’s auction in New York City and exhibited in the preview show Contemporary Discoveries. Selected exhibitions include Time Gallery New York (2022), Phyllis Harriman Gallery New York studio shows (2020, 2022), CADAF online art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digi...

Slim Aarons, Apres Ski, Gstaad (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Apres Ski 1963 (printed later) Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963. Estate stamped ...
Category

1960s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, Skiing In Gstaad (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiing In Gstaad, 1961 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A vapour trail above skiers on a ski slope in Gstaad, Switzerland, 1961 Estate stamped and hand numbered editi...
Category

1960s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons, Apres Ski, Gstaad (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Apres Ski, 1963 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 A group of women reclining on the snow in Gstaad with rugs covering their knees, 1963. Estate stamped and hand number...
Category

1960s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Paris France, Miss Tic, French Woman Artist, Black-and-White Portrait Photograph
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
French Poet, visual artist, and female figure of street art, graffiti artist Miss Tic (1956 - 2022), a contemporary French woman artist who printed her 'pocho...
Category

1880s Contemporary Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital, Rag Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Slim Aarons, La Canzone Del Mare (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
La Canzone Del Mare, 1958 Chromogenic Lambda Print Estate edition of 150 La Canzone del Mare in Capri, Italy, July 1958. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certif...
Category

1960s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Jerry Hall Dive (Diptych)
By Norman Parkinson
Located in New York, NY
Norman Parkinson Jerry Hall , 1976 C print 40 x 30 inches each Estate stamped and numbered edition of 21 on verso American model Jerry Hall wearing a swimsuit by Martil and lipstick...
Category

1980s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

James Deann At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955 (colorised) by Frank Worth paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm edition of 6 only in this size Archival pigment print unframed Note other si...
Category

1950s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

James Deann At A Car Rally - Oversize Limited Print
By Frank Worth
Located in London, GB
James Dean At A Car Rally 1955 (colorised) by Frank Worth paper size 40 x 60 inches / 101 x 152 cm edition of 6 only in this size Archival pigment print unframed Note other si...
Category

1950s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Previously Available Items
Frida Kahlo en el jardín xochimilco, México. Framed
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Frida en el jardín xochimilco, México by Leo Matiz Image size: 23.5 in. H x 15.5 in. W Frame size: 33 in. H x 25.5 in. W 1941. Black and white photography Framed. “Printed later b...
Category

1940s Other Art Style Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Digital Pigment

Frida en la casa azul, Coyoacán México. Framed
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Frida en la casa azul, Coyoacán México by Leo Matiz Image size: 16 in. H x 12 in. W Frame size: 21 in. H x 17 in. W 1943. Black and white photography Frame...
Category

1940s Other Art Style Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment, Black and White

Frida Kahlo en Xochimilco, México.Black and white Portrait photograph. Framed
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Frida en xochimilco, México by Leo Matiz Image size: 23.5 in. H x 15.5 in. W Frame size: 33 in. H x 25.5 in. W 1941. Black and white photography. Unique Exhibition print. Framed. “P...
Category

1940s Other Art Style Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Digital Pigment

Frida Kahlo, Coyoacán, Mexico, 1943, Digital Print, Artist Proof, Printed 1997
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Frida Kahlo, Coyoacán, Mexico, 1943 by Leo Matiz Framed Digital Sepia Print Artist Proof Image size: 14.5 in. H x 10.75 in. W Frame size: 25.5 in. H x 21.38 in. W x 1.5 in. D Signed ...
Category

1940s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White, Digital

Obrero (Mine Worker), Colombia - Framed B&W Photography
By Leo Matiz
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Obrero (Mine Worker), Colombia 7.75" x 9.75" Gelatin silver print 1938 Framed Signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso, "Leo Matiz, Obrero Colombia, 193...
Category

1930s Modern Leo Matiz Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Leo Matiz portrait photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Leo Matiz portrait photography available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Leo Matiz in pigment print, digital pigment print, silver gelatin print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 1940s and is mostly associated with the modern style. Not every interior allows for large Leo Matiz portrait photography, so small editions measuring 7 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Ed Caraeff, Ruth Orkin, and Michael Putland. Leo Matiz portrait photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,800 and tops out at $6,000, while the average work can sell for $3,500.

Recently Viewed

View All