Bolivar Civil

In this painting, Simón Bolívar is depicted without his dress uniform, yet clothed in the authority of his convictions. He is Bolívar the thinker, the author of the Letter from Jamaica and the Angostura Address. When we look at him, we see not just a military man, but the politician who dreamed of a confederation of sister nations. The light bathing his face highlights a serene determination—that of a man who knows that, though the path is stormy like the sky surrounding him, the final destination is the enlightenment and sovereignty of his people.