Benito Quinquela Martin

Question

What kind of painter was he? Costumbrista, realista..? I couldnt find it on the web.

Quinquela - 00d312f5, Mar 16, 2012

Answer 1

Encontré esta información.

• QUINQUELA : Benito Chinchela Martín “Fue el más popular de los artistas plásticos argentinos ; ...Fue pintor, grabador y muralista... ¡Da click en el siguiente enlace para más detalles!

• Benito Chinchela Martín

• "La actividad del plástico, en consecuencia, debe reflejar fielmente la época, el entorno sociocultural donde se mueve. Aún los “artistas de avanzada”, que en apariencia han roto con lo convencional, se adelantaron a su época, pero no porque fueron unos locos, visionarios o geniales, sino porque su intensa pasión y tesón los llevaron más adelante a divorciarse de viejas estructuras, siempre buscando ser más fieles, más auténticos, más científicos." Arte Plástica

But an 'artista plástica' is somebody who makes sculptures out of clay, plaster, ... - mcl020, Mar 16, 2012

It's one and the same painter, this guy has more aliases than most of the wetbacks that I know - albert-fabrik-, Mar 16, 2012

sera realista? - Rey_Mysterio, Mar 16, 2012

Nope, artista plástico doesn't necesarily has to do with clay, this term or genra does not existe in English, he was also an engraver, a muralist, a painter, etc - farallon7, Mar 16, 2012

Realista, soñador, bohemio, etc. - farallon7, Mar 16, 2012

That makes sense a''artista plástica' not necessarily an artist (working on/at/in)plasticity is. - mcl020, Mar 16, 2012

Thanks for the information! - mcl020, Mar 16, 2012

Thank-you! I learned about this artist! - farallon7, Mar 16, 2012

Answer 2

I've been trying to find it out for you, but couldn't succeed also. His work certainly is influenced by (European) Realism and I guess (European) Romanticism. But it is not a 100% fit.
His landscape painting (pintor de puertos) is more naive.

Not all painters can be defined by just one art movement.
And I don't know that much about Latin American art, yet!
So .... not much of a help, but more than the wikipedia-article which doesn't define it at all.

Muchas gracias, mcl; I don't know much about art movements! - bandit51jd, Mar 17, 2012

Answer 3

I found him on Bing. there is a bio on him at Wikipedia.

Yes, but that doesn't provide the answer. - mcl020, Mar 16, 2012

Answer 4

Benito Quinquela Martín was born March 1, 1890 and died January 28, 1977, at the age of 86. He was an Argentine painter born in La Boca, Buenos Aires. He was considered painter-par-excellence because of the ports or harbors that he painted. He was also, one of the most popular Argentine painters. His paintings of port scenes show the activity, vigor and roughness of the daily life in the port of La Boca. Here he was looking out over the Riachuelo, circa 1960.

Me gusta esta fogografía porque parece que está pensando en su próxima pintura.

I like this photograph because it seems like he is thinking about his next painting.

Please correct my English and Spanish. - bandit51jd, Mar 16, 2012