Ignacio Baz (1826–1887) was an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
painter who painted many portraits of notable people in the region during his lifetime.
Life
Ignacio Baz was born in
San Miguel de Tucumán in 1826 and died in 1887. He was a disciple, alongside
Fernando García del Molino and
Eustaquio Carrandi, of the renowned painter
Carlos Morel.
Work
Baz portrayed great personalities in
Tucumán,
Córdoba,
Buenos Aires,
Santiago, Chile and
Lima, Peru.
He also made portraits of ''
caudillos'' such as
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rosas (30 March 1793 – 14 March 1877), nicknamed "Restorer of the Laws", was an Argentine politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confederation. Althoug ...
,
Juan Felipe Ibarra
Juan Felipe Ibarra (1 May 1787 - 15 July 1851) was an Argentine soldier and politician.
He was one of the ''caudillos'' who dominated the Argentine interior during the formation of the national state,
and ruled the province of his birth for deca ...
,
Facundo Quiroga
Juan Facundo Quiroga (November 27, 1788 – February 16, 1835) was an Argentine caudillo (military strongman) who supported federalism at the time when the country was still in formation.
Early years
Quiroga was born in San Antonio, La Ri ...
and
Ángel Vicente Peñaloza
Ángel Vicente "Chacho" Peñaloza (1796 – November 12, 1863) was a military officer and provincial leader prominent in both the history of La Rioja province (Argentina), La Rioja province and the Argentine civil wars that preceded national un ...
.
When his niece offered a collection of his work for sale to state in 1904, the Senator for
Tucumán Province,
Alberto Soldati
Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...
, spoke in favor of the purchase, saying
Ignacio Baz was one of the greatest of national portrait artists.
His portraits, painted over a period of forty years, were striking resemblances of the most distinguished members of the leading families in the provinces of North and many of Cordoba and the coast".
His works may be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts Eduardo Sivori, shown by Rodolfo Trostiné (Buenos Aires) and the Museum of Fine Arts "Timoteo Eduardo Navarro" (City of Tucumán)
Gallery
File:Manuel Vicente Maza.JPG, Manuel Vicente Maza. Original in the Museo Histórico Nacional
File:Vicente Maza.jpg, Manuel Vicente Maza, Argentine lawyer and politician
File:Josefa.JPG, Portrait of Doña Josefa Romero Urrea de Nougués
Josefa may refer to:
* 649 Josefa, a minor planet
* Josefa (given name), a unisex given name
See also
* Josepha
* José
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounc ...
File:Ignacio Baz - El Chacho (Angel V. Peñaloza) - Google Art Project.jpg, El Chacho (Angel V. Peñaloza)
File:Ignacio Baz - Domingo F. Sarmiento - Google Art Project.jpg, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
References
Citations
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External links
Recopilación de obras en Catálogo Acceder
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1826 births
1887 deaths
Argentine portrait painters
19th-century Argentine painters
19th-century Argentine male artists
Argentine male painters