Antonio Berni
Delesio Antonio Berní (born May 14, 1905 in Rosario , † October 13, 1981 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine painter and graphic artist .
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His work is primarily associated with the changing self-confidence of the Argentine working class. His “Nuevo Realismo” (New Realism ) often deals with the life of ordinary people in cities as well as in rural areas.
In the late 1950s he began a series of collages that focused on the everyday life of a fictional boy from the slums of Buenos Aires. He named the actor in the series Juanito Laguna. Juanito Laguna Goes to the City (1963) shows the boy in his best clothes, a sack on his back, as he climbs through the rubbish of the slumb. In these works, Berni integrated objects and materials that he collected himself in the slums - this includes newspapers, but also materials made of paper, cardboard, fabric and metal. In the early 1960s he invented the fictional prostitute and seamstress Ramona Montiel, who became the subject of a second socially critical series of works.
literature
- Claudia Elena de Theissen: Berni, Antonio . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 9, Saur, Munich a. a. 1994, ISBN 3-598-22749-3 , p. 600.
- Berni, Antonio . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 190 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Antonio Bernie. In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved December 2, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berni, Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berní, Delesio Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine painter and printmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rosario |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1981 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |