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A panorama of the
20th Century
20th Century
by
Adriana Lauria and Enrique Llambías
January 2003
January 2003
This page offers a panorama of Argentine visual art during the 20 th Century. It comprises a brief overview across the period through twelve paradigmatic works, a chronology which shows the main artistic events of the period and a scheme presenting the various groups and trends supported by illustrations.
Justo Lynch
Entrada al Riachuelo
(Entrance to the Riachuelo)
Entrada al Riachuelo
(Entrance to the Riachuelo)
1907
The Nexus group, comprising Pío Collivadino, Carlos Ripamonte, Fernando Fader, Justo Lynch, Alberto M. Rossi, Arturo Dresco, Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós and Rogelio Yrurtia –the last two joining from Europe– is set up in order to encourage the creation of the Salón Nacional.
Ernesto de la Cárcova and Eduardo Sívori are replaced as Director and Vice-Director of the Academia de Bellas Artes by Collivadino and Ripamonti.
The following year, Lola Mora, in a public contest, wins the commission for the monument to Nicolás Avellaneda, which is inaugurated in 1913, in the main square of the city that takes his name.
