Emilia Bertolé (1896–1949) was an Argentine poet and painter.

Life

Bertolé was born in

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on 21 June 1896. She studied with the Italian teacher

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at the Institute of Fine Arts "Doménico Morelli". She continued her painting and in 1912 she joined an exhibition with Erminio Blotta, Alfredo Guido, Manuel Musto, César Caggiano,

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. left, Self portrait In 1927 she was the first woman to have her painting exhibited at the May Salon of the Santa Fe Museum "Rosa Galisteo Rodriguez". Her painting "Clarity" was of a woman looking thoughtful and it was bought by the museum. In 1929 Bertolé created three portraits of ex-President

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. The Uruguayan writer,

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, led the Anaconda group and Bertolé became a member together with

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and

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. In 1927 her only poetry book, ''Shadow Mirror'', was published. She prepared another book but it was not published in her lifetime. She illustrated the covers of the magazines ''El Hogar y Sintonía''.

Death and legacy

She died in her home town in 1949. In 2006, her ''poetic and pictorial work'', was published and this included previously unpublished poetry. a portrait gallery and it reprinted ''Shadow Mirror.'' The book was introduced by

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and included a discussion of her sculpture work by

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. ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History'' notes her contribution to history. Bertolé died in

in 1949.

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