Augusta Revista de Arte

Frans Van Riel & M. Rojas Silveyra (Dir)

Published by Buenos Aires Casa Widd & Cia, 1918

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In-4º. #1 June 1918 - #13 June 1919. Wrappers. Collaborators : Fernan Felix de Amador, José Santos Gollan, Rafael Domenech, Cupertino del Campo, Guillermo Arata, Paúl León, Pompeyo Gener, Juan de la Encina Among others. Illust by Enrique Prins, A Pelazzo. Important Art Magazine directed by Frans Van riel, born in Rome, Italy in 1879 and died in Buenos Aires in 1950. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Rome. He arrived in Buenos Aires in 1907 to work as a stage designer, the city where he settled. Painter, photographer and gallery owner, he belonged to a family of art dealers. He developed a multiple vocation: he collaborated for the newspaper La Prensa as a cartoonist between 1907 and 1922; in 1913, he set up his first studio on Viamonte and Florida in the city of Buenos Aires, but in 1923 he discovered the possibilities offered by a tenement of thirty rooms located at Florida 659, which he renovated and converted into the famous Frans Van Riel Gallery. As a photographer, he was in charge of portraying a large part of Buenos Aires society and the artistic community. He held an individual exhibition of his paintings at the Van Riel Gallery in 1946. An academic-style artist, his last works as a painter were El paso de los Andes and the portraits of Manuel Belgrano and José de San Martín. He created Augusta magazine in 1918, the first dedicated to art. Provenzano 148. Washington Pereyra T1, p218.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Augusta Revista de Arte
• Publisher: Buenos Aires Casa Widd & Cia
• Publication Date: 1918
• Binding: Encuadernación de tapa blanda
• Condition: Muy bien