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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.
Benito Quinquela Martín
Impresión
(Impression)
c. 1918
Impresión
(Impression)
c. 1918
1918
With the participation, among others, of Benito Quinquela Martín, José Fioravanti, Américo Panozzi and the Peruvian, José Sabogal, the “Salón de Independientes. Sin Jurados y sin Premios” (Salón Costa) is held “without panels and prizes" and is organised by the Artistas del Pueblo and Santiago Stagnaro. The previous year, this group formed the Sociedad Nacional de Artistas, Pintores y Escultores with the view to becoming a union.
Quinquela opens his first individual exhibition in Galería Witcomb.
Victorica returns from Europe and settles in the district of La Boca.
