Rogelio Yrurtia
Rogelio Yrurtia (December 6, 1879 – March 4, 1950) was a renowned
Life and work
Born in
Yrurtia returned to Buenos Aires in 1905, where he presented a number of exhibitions and, in 1907, was commissioned to create a monument to 1820s-era Argentine statesman
Continuing to exhibit successfully in Argentina and abroad, the city of Buenos Aires commissioned him for the creation of a monument to grace a median plaza along
Creating a Moses for the 1937 grand opening of the Juan B. Castagnino Fine Arts Museum in Rosario, Yrurtia became one of the founding members of the National Academy of Fine Arts in 1938 and he continued to exhibit periodically, working from his Baroque home in the Belgrano section of Buenos Aires. Yrurtia died there in 1950, bequeathing his home as a museum. The Boxers, one of his last works, stands in the central courtyard.
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Ode to Labour
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Ode to Labour – detail
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Monument to Bernardino Rivadavia
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The Boxers, Yrurtia Museum
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Alegoría de la Fatalidad (1926), part of Monument to Manuel Dorrego, Buenos Aires