South American Paintings

Richard Durando-Togo is a painter of Argentine origin who spent most of his life in Italy and France, in the latter country he settled permanently in 1934. He is a self-taught artist...

El pan nuestro de cada día I, 2005 Oil on canvas Alejandro Ortíz AWARDS 2005 Award Fernando Botero, Honorable Mention, Bogotá, Colombia 2000 Bronx Museum, Artists in The Marketpla...

Inscribed Cecilia Josuan, Colegio de N. S. del Huerto, Buenos Aires, 1896 A rare “fixé sous verre” painting using a combined technique of chromolithography for the faces and hands, and silk embroidery for the clothes and background drape. Representing three women holding each other’s hands. Chromolithography technique uses thin paper motifs glued and varnished to integrate its support. Along from the rich Spanish legacy, Argentina is also very influenced since 19th century by European culture, notably Italian. Traces of American Indian culture are harder to find than in the other Latin America countries. During 19th century, with the National pride appears Argentina specific cultural themes. The Gaucho character, keeping the cattle in the Pampas, is recurrent in literature and particularly in poetry: Fausto (1866), by Estanilaslao del Campo, or Martin Fierro (1872), by José Hernandez, often considered to be an hymn to the Pampa. Painting also celebrates this genre with the works of painter Prilidiano Pueyrredon (1823-1870). At the beginning of 19th century, painters in Latin America and particularly in Argentina are foreigners (French, Germans and British) named Costumbristas, painting folkloric landscapes and portraits much appreciated in Europe. During second part of 19th century, a national painting appears with internationally renowned painters such as Prilidiano Pueyrredon, Angel de La Valle...

"Antique Peru' and magic Bolivia", by Pit Piccinelli, an Italian painter who lived almost all his life in those countries, among indigenous people - O/8171.

Sigfredo Chacon Venezuelan, 1950. Painting. Acrylic on canvas. Dimensions: 23-3/4 in. by 23-3/4 in. Sigfredo was born in Caracas in 1950. He studied at the School of Fine and Applied Arts Cristóbal Rojas (1963-1966) and Design Institute Neumann-INCE, Caracas (1966-1970). He continued his training as a designer at the Chelsea School of Art and the London College of Printing, England. In the early seventies he participated in the Young confrontations Venezuelan News, Gallery Current Study Hall Arturo Michelena...

Original painting by Alfonso Endara, "I May Be Resting But I Can Feel You".

Original Surrealism Artwork by highly collectible artist Elena Lasala from Argentina. Faces and Souls illustrates how we are all interconnected with all our different thoughts, views...

"EVA" Oil on hardboard painting by Argentinian contemporary artist Diego Cabral in 2021 of a realistic naked woman. The artist likes to portray and embrac...

This is a large-scale watercolor portrait on paper, painted by Till Freiwald. Freiwald’s images depict everyday people of various ethnicities in closely-cropped head-on portraits. ...

Ronaldo de Juan Argentina, 1930-1989 “Untitled, New York” Large Acrylic on canvas 72 by 50 in. W/frame 73 by 51 in. Signed and dated 1971 on reverse Titled New York on reverse S...

This is a large-scale watercolor portrait on paper, painted by Till Freiwald. Freiwald’s images depict everyday people of various ethnicities in closely-cropped head-on portraits. ...

Sigfredo Chacon Venezuelan, 1950. Paysage. Acrylic on canvas. 23-3/4 in. by 23-3/4 in. Sigfredo was born in Caracas in 1950. He studied at the School of Fine and Applied Arts Cristóbal Rojas (1963-1966) and Design Institute Neumann-INCE, Caracas (1966-1970). He continued his training as a designer at the Chelsea School of Art and the London College of Printing, England. In the early seventies he participated in the Young confrontations Venezuelan News, Gallery Current Study Hall Arturo Michelena...

Oil on canvas painting, "Los planetas frutales" by Paola Vega, Argentina, 2020 The painting was exhibited in her solo show "The life of paintings" at Calvaresi in Buenos Aires, 2020. Paola Vega bio: Paola Vega is an artist, researcher and curator. She graduated with a degree in History from the Universidad Nacional del Sur in 2003. In parallel, she began to study painting in Bahía Blanca at Espacio Vox with Gustavo López, and carried out work clinics with Jorge Gumier Maier and Diana Aisenberg between 2001 and 2002, and later in Buenos Aires with Pablo Siquier (2004) and Tulio de Sagastizábal (2005-2007). In 2003 she obtained a scholarship granted by the Antorchas Foundation to continue her training. She was selected to participate in the Artists Program of the Torcuato Di Tella University (2011) with tutoring from Jorge Macchi. In 2015 she did a residency in Madrid at El Prado...

Oil on canvas Painting, "La sandía suspendida" by Paola Vega, Argentina, 2020 The painting was exhibited in her solo show "The life of paintings" at Calvaresi in Buenos Aires, 2020. Paola Vega bio: Paola Vega is an artist, researcher and curator. She graduated with a degree in History from the Universidad Nacional del Sur in 2003. In parallel, she began to study painting in Bahía Blanca at Espacio Vox with Gustavo López, and carried out work clinics with Jorge Gumier Maier and Diana Aisenberg between 2001 and 2002, and later in Buenos Aires with Pablo Siquier (2004) and Tulio de Sagastizábal (2005-2007). In 2003 she obtained a scholarship granted by the Antorchas Foundation to continue her training. She was selected to participate in the Artists Program of the Torcuato Di Tella University (2011) with tutoring from Jorge Macchi. In 2015 she did a residency in Madrid at El Prado...