Pope Francis: "Dear Poets, help us Dream"

Below is the letter Pope Francis wrote for the book 'Verses to God: An Anthology of Religious Poetry (italian).

Dear poets,

I know that you hunger for meaning, and that is why you reflect on how faith questions life.

This "meaning" cannot be reduced to a concept. No, it is a comprehensive meaning that encompasses poetry, symbols, and feelings.

The true meaning is not found in the dictionary - that's the meaning of words, and words are merely tools to express everything within us.

Juan Brufal, 1973 | Digital painter

Juan Carlos Brufal is a digital artist who has born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Based in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Brufal is self-taught who has been practicing art for 10 years.

Among Brufal's notable influences are masters such as Picasso, Dalì, Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Andy Warhol, Man Ray and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Their work has left a profound mark on his artistic vision and contributed to the uniqueness and evocative narrative of Brufal's artworks.

Pedro Salinas | Ciò che tu sei.. / Lo que eres.. / What you are..

Ciò che tu sei

mi distrae da ciò che tu dici.

Lanci parole veloci

inghirlandate di risa,

e m’inviti ad andare

dove mi vorranno condurre.

Fabian Perez

Benito Quinquela Martín (1890-1977)

Argentine painter Benito Quinquela Martín is considered the port painter-par-excellence and 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.

Early years

His birthday could not be determined precisely as he was abandoned on March 20, 1890 at an orphanage with a note that stated "This kid has been baptized, and his name is Benito Juan Martín". From his physical appearance, the nuns who found him deduced that he should be around twenty days old; thus March 1 is regarded as his birthday.

Luis Cohen Fusé (1944-2019) | Figurative painter

Cohen Fusé born in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Studied Ceramics at the School of Fine Arts - Mar del Plata (Argentina). Graduated in Architecture at the Buenos Aires State University.

Studied engraving and lithography at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona.

In 1988 he signed a contract with the Vorpal Gallery of New York. Participates in exhibitions in the USA: New York and San Francisco, and also in Canada..

Martin Llamedo, 1980 | Figurative painter

Martin Llamedo was born in Argentina, where he currently lives and paints. At a young age he studied ceramic and sculpture with Hector Alves.

During his time at the university he was taught by Domingo Florio, Carlos Carmona, Alfredo Portillos, Julio Flores, Salvador Constanzo, and art theory by Castillo, Magaz, Dragosky and Laurenzi.

Leonard Cohen / Fabian Perez | The Stranger Song

It's true that all the men you knew were dealers

Who said they were through with dealing

Every time you gave them shelter

I know that kind of man.

It's hard to hold the hand of anyone

Who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.

E’ vero che tutti gli uomini che conoscevi

erano giocatori che dicevano di averne abbastanza

di giocare a carte ogni volta che davi loro un riparo.

Lo conosco, quel genere di uomini.

E’ difficile tenere le mani di qualcuno

che le alza al cielo soltanto per arrendersi.

Ricardo Celma, 1975 | Art Nouveau style painter

Ricardo Celma was born in Buenos Aires. His artistic vocation showed up at the early age of 5 when he started attending to an art workshop and he continued to do so for 20 years.

At the end of high school he entered the National School of Fine Arts Prilidiano Pueyrredón, where he obtained the title of national professor of drawing and painting, with excellent grades.

And a few years later, he received a degree, Bachelor of Visual Arts at the National University of Art (UNA).

His works are part of permanent museum´s collections and also private collections around the world.

Marco Ortolan, 1973

Marco Ortolan - "Drawing is the fundamental basis of my painting, it is what keeps it afloat. I pay particular attention to composition and light. Our role as an artist is to awaken the spirit and sensitivity of the viewer as art is linked to the spirit".

Marco Ortolan was born in Arquitecto, Argentina.

Since 1985 he trained in the plastic arts at the Miguel Perez Macias Academy where he developed Drawing and Painting with references to the Italian Renaissance and French Impressionism.

Leonor Fini (1907-1996) | Surrealist painter

Léonor Fini, original name Eleonora Fini (born August 30, 1907, Buenos Aires, Argentina-died January 18, 1996, Paris, France), Argentine-born Surrealist artist known for her Gothic paintings that explore female identity.

The use of symbolic, mythological imagery, in particular that of a sphinx (a creature with a lion’s body and a human head), became the trademark of her work.

Fini’s parents separated when she was a baby, and she was raised by her mother in Trieste, Italy. As a child, she was fascinated by death and decay and visited the Trieste morgue to make anatomy sketches of the cadavers.

Vito Campanella | Surrealist / Metaphysics painter

Vito Campanella (1932-2014)🎨 was an Argentine painter of Italian origin born in Monopoli, Bari, Italy.

Before establishing himself in Buenos Aires in 1955, Campanella studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Brera in Milan and in cultural centers of important European artists.

After more than 50 years devoted to painting, Vito Campanella is a universal artist, a renowned painter called Master by the prestigious Swiss dictionary "Art Leaders of the World".

Argentine Art History and Sitemap

Argentina has a rich history of different types of art.

Throughout the centuries it has changed, and finally became what it is today.

An Argentine painting refers to all the pictorial production done in the country of Argentina throughout the centuries.

Fabian Perez, 1967

Diego Dayer, 1978 | Figurative painter

Argentine painter Diego Dayer was born in Rafaela, Provincia de Santa Fé.

He began his art in Marcela Grosso´s workshop, plastic artist in his natal City. Afterwards he began to study painting in the “Escuela de Arte de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba”. He has participated in numerous group shows in Cordoba, Rafaela y Capital Federal, in Argentina. In 2002, he made his solo debut in “Cerrito Gallery” Cordoba.

The work of this talented and young artist has a promising future. His creations, figures with different levels of reality, reflect the mystery and experiences from his own past. The mastery and clarity of his painting seldom is seen in such a young artist.

Vito Campanella | Surrealist / Metaphysics painter

Although Vito Campanella (1932-2014) started to paint at the age of 14 in his native Monopoli, his love for visual arts began much earlier.

He was born in 1932 and endured the sorrow, agony and shortage that surrounded World War II.

In the aftermath of the armed conflict, daily life in Southern Italy changed forever.

Allied planes crisscrossing the sky and ceaseless bombings left indelible memories he later translated into works of art.

Alejandro Rosemberg, 1981 | Realist painter

Alejandro Rosemberg  is an Argentinian artist living in Beunos Aires, where he paints and teaches classical techniques. He has a deep interest in art from his early childhood, and obtained a fine arts degree at the National University of Cordoba, Argentina, where he studied figure drawing and painting.

Rosemberg continued his study of classical painting based on the Italian Great Masters Tradition with Maestro Claudio Bogino.

His works have been exhibited worldwide, many of his pieces are sold and owned by some of the most renowned private Art Collectors.

Alicia Brizzio | Figurative painter

Argentine painter Alicia Brizzio was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Lives in Buenos Aires City since 1992. Attended numerous courses and workshops on different oil, acrylic and pastel techniques.

She received her CPA and in parallel she started painting by herself

She attended intensive seminars to Painters featured both national and international, and then further refined, with outstanding teachers such as Axel Amuchastegui, Marcos Borio, Adelia Dalessandro and Ricardo Celma.

Since 2005 she teaches drawing and painting while continuing dedicated to creating their own works.

Hugo Urlacher, 1958 | Portrait / Figurative painter

Hugo Urlacher was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He is considered a very accomplished portrait painter.

During his career as a plastic artist, instead of focusing on art shows and exhibitions and depending on a middle person, he concentrated on commissioned works, while developing his own personal art.

Martín La Spina, 1973 | Surrealist painter

Martín La Spina, Argentine painter, was born in La Plata. He was graduated as a Professor and Bachelor of Fine Arts -painting orientation- in the Fine Art College with a distinction for his high qualifications.

He has participated in many exhibitions, either single or collective. He was also specially invited, in Painting, Drawing and Art in Glass Saloons from the year 1989 until now.

He receive many awards and prizes for his artistic work.

Horacio Cardozo, 1968 | Hyperrealist painter

Horacio Cardozo is a self-taught artist who has over 25 years of experience in the industry. His passion for art stems back to when he just 5 years of age. He was swept into the world of realist art by his admiration of classical artists Raphael🎨, Michelangelo🎨, Leonardo da Vinci🎨 and Albrecht Durer🎨. The work of these artists inspired him to pick up the brush and create a world on canvas.

Miguel Avataneo, 1962 | Figurative painter

Miguel Angel Avataneo, Argentine painter, was born in the province of Cordoba in Argentina and his love of the pure form of classicism was nourished by his early interest in the Italian masters: Correggio (1489-1534), Giorgione (1478-1510), Raphael (1483-1520) and Titian (1488/90-1576).

He was also greatly influenced by the late eighteenth century french paintings of David, Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) and Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867).