Julio Barragán
Julio Barragán | |
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| Born | 1928 Buenos Aires |
| Died | 14 January 2011[1] Almagro, Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Period | 1946–2005 |
| Genre | Concrete art Cubism |
Julio Barragán (1928 – 14 January 2011) was an Argentine painter of the
Life and work
Barragán was born in Buenos Aires. He began studying art at age 12, creating reproductions of Renaissance art masters such as El Greco. He studied at the National School of Ceramics, where he graduated in 1945 with a technical degree and met his future wife, María de las Nieves Adeff (born 1926); Adeff, became an accomplished potter.[1]
His work was first exhibited at the National Fine Arts Exhibition in 1946. His early work was
Barragán traveled to
Barragán's work was exhibited in most of the nation's leading art galleries, including the Gutiérrez y Guad, Sotheby's, Wildenstein, and Witcomb galleries, as well as in the Eduardo Sívori Museum and others.[4] His work earned the Braque Prize at the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art (1964),[4] the Grand Prize in Painting at the Belgrano Municipal Salon (1970), and First Prizes at the National Salon in 1976 and 1978.[2] Local art critic Mauricio Neuman described him as a "solitary aristocrat of beauty." [5]
He retired from Buenos Aires' art shows in 2005, and died in his Almagro neighborhood home in 2011 at age 82.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Adiós a Barragán, un artista virtuoso". La Nación (in Spanish). February 1, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Sensibilidad e intuición en la obra del pintor" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Un paraíso personal" (in Spanish). Perfíl.
- ^ a b "Acceder: Barragán, Julio" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.
- ^ "Falleció un maestro: Julio Barragán" (in Spanish). Trastienda Plus.
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