page_title: Franklin Rawson
section_title: Work
hierarchical_section_title: Franklin Rawson / Work
caption_attribution_description: Español: Asesinato de Manuel Vicente Maza.
context_page_description: Benjamin Franklin Rawson was an Argentine painter
  who belonged to the first generation of Argentine painters called the "precursors".
  His best known works are the Assassination of Manuel Vicente Maza and Rescue in the Cordillera.
context_section_description: Rawson painted figures and scenes of his time, always characterized with a sense of balance.
  Most of his work consists of portraits and miniatures, lucrative genres because the wealthy social sector paid well to preserve their images. 
  Three of his works are surprising for their realism: his self-portrait (1838), the oil painting of William Rawson (1839) and the young Sarmiento (1842).
  His portraits were very expressive, well-observed character studies, such as his portrait of Don Eustaquio Díaz Vélez.
  Among the female images is that of doña Tránsito Oro de Lerma, sister of the bishop Oro de Lerma,
  of Jacinta Paz Rojo and Paz Sarmiento de Laspiur. 
  He also painted infants, such as the portrait of Adan Aberastain as a child.
  Rawson also made several historically themed productions.
  Rescue in the Cordillera (1855) is a well-known work where his friend Sarmiento and McDonald appears in a heroic episode in which he was not actually involved, 
  in distributing aid from Chile to the survivors of the Unitarian forces that were defeated at the Battle of Rodeo del Medio, surprised by a snowstorm.
  The hero gives out bread to help them overcome the natural elements.
  The Flight of Malon (1860) shows a father, mother and son on horseback leaving behind their house, which has been set of fire by Indians.
  The most important creation of the historical genre was also painted by the artist in 1860 and is called the Murder of Manuel Vicente Maza, 
  which reproduces a moment in the murder of the former governor of Buenos Aires Province.
  Among the few religious works of the painter, the Immaculate Conception (1845) is notable, oil on canvas more than 3 metres (9.8 ft) long.
  Everyday scenes include El Escobero (1865) and La Cometa (1868), one of his last works.
  The San Juan Museum of Fine Arts, which houses one of the most important collections in Argentina, has taken his name since 1938 at the initiative of Alfredo Martin Palma, a member of the Commission of Fine Arts.
caption: Murder of Manuel Vicente Maza (1860)
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