By Vicente Puig
Located in Los Angeles, CA
VINCENTE PUIG
AT THE THEATER
OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED
ARGENTINA, DATED 1927
20 X 24 INCHES
Puig was born in Mataró , Province of Barcelona , Spain on October 11, 1882.
Being very young, he emigrated to Uruguay where he became a legal citizen.
In 1906 he traveled to Europe to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , with Professor Franz von Stuck and then in Paris with Professor Fernand Cormon .
After a brief period of work in Madrid and Rome he returned to Uruguay where he dedicated himself to his art and teaching.
His last years are spent painting and teaching in Buenos Aires, where he died on June 25, 1965.
He was professor and one of the leaders of the Círculo de Bellas Artes of Montevideo and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Among his best-known students are the artists José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín , Antonio Pena , Ides Kihlen, María Freire, José Pedro Costigliolo , José Antonio Fernandez-Muro, Petrona Viera, Sarah Grilo...
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1920s Art Deco Vicente Puig Furniture