Leopoldo Presas (1915-2009) was an Argentine artist. He experienced different styles throughout his life. He had academic training and started as a figurative painter though he later turned into

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as well. He tried several mediums as

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and

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on different supports including

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and

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. The themes of his works have been very extensive. The female figure was his main attraction, but he also did

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s, landscapes, harbors, erotic paintings and some expressionist and controversial series as “The Pigs”, “The Kings of Putrefaction” and “The Christs”. He won the

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in 1982 and 2012.

Museums

* Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires
in Spanish] (Buenos Aires, Argentina) * Eduardo Sívori Museum, Museo de Artes Plásticas Eduardo Sívori (Buenos Aires, Argentina) * Museo Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroce de Fortabat, (Buenos Aires, Argentina) * Museo de Arte de TigreMention to the artist at the museum's website at: http://www.mat.gov.ar/index.php/la-coleccion-permanente/category/31-leopoldo-presas

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/ref> (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) * Museo Genaro Pérez, Córdoba * Museo de Bellas Artes de Tres Arroyos (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) * Museo de Bellas Artes de La Rioja (La Rioja Province, Argentina) * Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Timoteo Navarro (Tucumán Province, Argentina) * Museo de Bellas Artes de Lugo (Spain) * Museo de Bellas Artes de Lima (Peru) * Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (Brazil)

Bibliography

* “Presas, Estudio Crítico”, (Presas: Critical Study) by Rafael Squirru, Ediciones El Mangrullo SA, Buenos Aires, 1967 * “Leopoldo Presas: El Amor En Todas Sus Formas”, (Leopoldo Presas: Love in all Shapes) by Enrique Horacio Gené, Editorial Club de Estudio, Buenos Aires, 1993 * “Leopoldo Presas: Obras de Colección”, (Leopoldo Presas: Collection Works) by Raúl Santana and Nicolás Rubió, Editorial Argentina, Sociedad Editora e Impresora Del Río De La Plata, 2005

External links

Zurbarán Art Gallery website

Artist´s biography at the official website of Buenos Aires City Government

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Presas, Leopoldo 1915 births 2009 deaths People from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Spanish descent 20th-century Argentine painters Argentine male painters 20th-century Argentine male artists