Ramón Silva
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Ramón Silva was an Argentine painter of the Post-impressionist school.
Ramón Silva was born in Buenos Aires
, Argentina
in 1890. A self-taught painter, he learned the art beginning 1908 at the atelier
managed by Martín Malharro
, whose display at a 1902 Buenos Aires art exposition introduced normally conservative Argentine audiences to the Impressionist
movement. The promising student was sponsored by one of the nation's foremost physicians at the time, Dr. Luis Agote
, for a 1911 scholarship that took him to Paris
, where he received influences from the Post-impressionist artists then current in Europe, particularly Alfred Sisley
.
Returning to Buenos Aires in 1915, his watercolors received little acceptance and were judged to be more akin to the Postimpressionist approach of artists such as Fernando Fader
and Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós
(the Nexos group), then still pariahs among most local critics. Preferring solitude, Silva worked mostly in and around the arboretum
at Parque Tres de Febrero
, an extensive park in the Buenos Aires district of Palermo
.
Remaining in poverty, Ramón Silva contracted pneumonia
, which cost him his life in 1919 at age 28.
Life and work
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
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in 1890. A self-taught painter, he learned the art beginning 1908 at the atelier
Studio
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managed by Martín Malharro
Martín Malharro
Martín Malharro was an Argentine painter of the Post-impressionist school.-Life and work: Martín Malharro was born in the central Buenos Aires Province city of Azul in 1865. His childhood interest in painting led to domestic violence at home, from which he left for Buenos Aires in 1879...
, whose display at a 1902 Buenos Aires art exposition introduced normally conservative Argentine audiences to the Impressionist
Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
movement. The promising student was sponsored by one of the nation's foremost physicians at the time, Dr. Luis Agote
Luis Agote
Luis Agote was an Argentine physician and researcher. He was one of the first to perform a non-direct blood transfusion using sodium citrate as an anticoagulant...
, for a 1911 scholarship that took him to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, where he received influences from the Post-impressionist artists then current in Europe, particularly Alfred Sisley
Alfred Sisley
Alfred Sisley was an Impressionist landscape painter who was born and spent most of his life, in France, but retained British citizenship. He was the most consistent of the Impressionists in his dedication to painting landscape en plein air...
.
Returning to Buenos Aires in 1915, his watercolors received little acceptance and were judged to be more akin to the Postimpressionist approach of artists such as Fernando Fader
Fernando Fader
Fernando Fader was a French-born Argentine painter of the Post-impressionist school.-Life and work:Fernando Fader was born in Bordeaux, France in 1882. His father, of Prussian descent, relocated the family to Argentina in 1884, settling in the western city of Mendoza before returning to France a...
and Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós
Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós
Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós was an Argentine painter of the post-impressionist school.- Life and work :De Quirós was born in Gualeguay, Entre Ríos Province, in 1879. He began to paint at age eight, and shortly afterwards, created a facial composite sketch that resulted in a fugitive criminal's...
(the Nexos group), then still pariahs among most local critics. Preferring solitude, Silva worked mostly in and around the arboretum
Arboretum
An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...
at Parque Tres de Febrero
Parque Tres de febrero
Parque Tres de Febrero, also known as the Bosques de Palermo , is a city park of 25 hectares located in the neighborhood of Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina...
, an extensive park in the Buenos Aires district of Palermo
Palermo, Buenos Aires
Palermo is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It is located in the northeast of the city, bordering the barrios of Belgrano to the north, Almagro and Recoleta to the south, Villa Crespo and Colegiales to the west and the Río de la Plata river to the east. With a total...
.
Remaining in poverty, Ramón Silva contracted pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
, which cost him his life in 1919 at age 28.