Pedro Figari
Subtitle: vida y pasión
By: Raquel Pereda
Edition: Reedición.
Publisher: Ediciones Cruz del Sur; Librería Linardi y Risso
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Montevideo, Uruguay
Language: spa
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9789974675797
Subjects: Painters; Biography; Uruguayan Authors
Description: Major work on Pedro Figari (b. Uruguay 1861-1938) life and art, presented in chronological order. Figari, a remarkable figure in the art history of Latin America, was also a practicing lawyer, legal scholar, journalist, educator, art theoretician, and a figure in Uruguay's civic life. He expressed his own thoughts about Uruguay in his paintings portraying a wide range of subjects related to the traditions and customs of the Rio de la Plata region: landscapes, interiors of colonial patios, folk dances of African origin, fashionable salons, socio-historical topics, country women, horses and gaucho.
Notes: Reissue of the edition originally published in 1995, with minimal revisions.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-279).