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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.
Ramón Gómez Cornet
Autorretrato
(Self-portrait)
1921
Autorretrato
(Self-portrait)
1921
1921
Having just arrived from Europe, Ramón Gómez Cornet exhibits at Galería Chandler. He presents a set of figures depicted in flat colours skirted by black outlines, set against a background of saturated colours.
Pedro Figari, who that year settles in Buenos Aires, exhibits in Galería Müller.
The mural magazine Prisma appears with illustrations by Norah Borges and poems by Jorge Luis Borges.
El Bermellón group, founded in 1919 by Juan Chiozza, Adolfo Montero, Juan Giordano, Roberto Palla Pensado and Orlando Stagnaro, which operates in the mythical house of Pedro de Mendoza and Australia, is divided. It is joined by young artists such as Juan Del Prete, Víctor Pissarro, Víctor Cúnsolo, Jose Luis Menghi, etc.
