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In the first years of the 19th century, many foreign artists visited and resided in Argentina, leaving their works. Among them were English mariner Emeric Essex Vidal (1791–1861), a watercolorist who left important graphic evidence of Argentine history; French engineer Carlos E. Pellegrini (1800–1875), who was devoted to painting out of necessity and who would be the father of president ...
Pinturas Canyon, view from the caves. Cueva de las Manos refers to both the main site of the cave and the surrounding complex of rock art sites that includes it. [1] The cave lies at the base of a stepped cliff in the Pinturas River Canyon, in the upper part of the Deseado River basin, [2] [3] [4] in an isolated part of Patagonia. [5]
The painting, echoing Diego Velázquez's 1656 Spanish court painting Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor), contains a self-portrait of Botero standing behind a large canvas. The thick, "puffy" presidential family, decked out in fashionable finery and staring blandly out of the canvas, appear socially superior, drawing attention to social inequality ...
Julio Escámez Carrasco (November 15, 1925 – December 23, 2015) was a Chilean painter, engraver and muralist. [1] His work includes numerous frescoes, oil paintings and engravings [2] (lithography, woodcut and etching) [1] produced both in Chile and abroad.
The United States’ first president holds a rifle with one hand as he rests the other on the dead Argentine predator. It has occurred in parallel to one of the world’s highest inflation rates.
Christ the Redeemer of the Andes (Spanish: Cristo Redentor de los Andes) is a monument high in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes at 3,832 metres (12,572 ft) above mean sea level on the border between Argentina and Chile. It was unveiled on 13 March 1904 to celebrate the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between the two countries.
That's because last week Costa Rica and Panama announced that, amid a historic crush of people headed to the United States, thousands of migrants a day would be bussed from the jungle-clad Darien ...
Most of the paintings from his last years were about religious subjects. In 1877 he made an altarpiece for the church of Quilmes. [4] Carlos Morel died in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina on 10 September 1894, aged 81. [3] The "Carlos Morel School of Fine Arts" in Quilmes is named in his honor. His remains lie in the cemetery of the town.