Vicente Puig (Catalan: Vicenç Puig; 10 October 1882 – 25 June 1965) was a Spanish-born Uruguayan painter and educator active in Montevideo and Buenos Aires.[1][2][3]
Vicente Puig | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vicenç Puig 10 October 1882 |
| Died | 25 June 1965 (aged 82) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Education | Academy of Fine Arts, 1905 |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Known for | Painting |
Early life and education
editVicenç Puig on 10 October 1882 in Mataró, during the Bourbon Restoration.[1][2][3] Puig's family later emigrated to Uruguay.[1] On 27 October 1905[a], Puig enrolled at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts where he studied under Johann Caspar Herterich and Franz von Stuck.[1][3][4] Puig later studied in Paris under Fernand Cormon.[1] Puig briefly worked in Madrid and Rome before returning to Uruguay.[1]
Career
editMontevideo
editPuig taught alongside Carlos María Herrera at the Circle of Fine Arts (Círculo de Bellas Artes) in Montevideo.[5][6] Puig's students included Ricardo L. Aguerre, Humberto Causa, José Pedro Costigliolo, Alfredo De Simone, Alberto Dura, Humberto Frangella, Antonio Pena, César Augusto Pesce Castro, Carlos Prevosti, Dolcey Schenone Puig, Petrona Viera and José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín.[1][7][5]
In October 1918, Puig and his student Antonio Pena entered into a competition to paint a historical panel at the Facultad de Medicina, University of the Republic.[1][8] Awarded first prize, the resulting 1919 piece Quirón el Centauro dicta el primer Tratado de Terapéutica is located in the upper floor of the Facultad de Medicina.[1][8]
Buenos Aires
editLater moving to Buenos Aires, Puig worked at the University of Buenos Aires where he taught Miguel Ocampo.[1] Puig is also known to have privately taught Fernando Montes and Sarah Grilo.[1][9][10]
Style
editPersonal life
editNotes
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Obras de: Vicente Puig". Acervo MNAV (in Spanish). Montevideo, Uruguay: Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales. Archived from the original on 18 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Vicente Puig". Autores.uy. Autores.uy. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Puig, Vicente". Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek (in German). Frankfurt; Leipzig: Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ "03067 Vicente Puig". Matrikeldatenbank (in German). Munich, Germnay: Academy of Fine Arts Munich. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- 1 2 Di Maggio, Nelson (2013). Artes visuales en Uruguay: diccionario crítico (in Spanish). Montevideo, Uruguay: Zonalibro. ISBN 9789974991569. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ Rodríguez Guglielmone, Malena; Besada Paullier, María de la Paz (December 2004), El arte uruguayo: un estudio sobre el mercado y la pintura como alternativa de inversión (PDF) (in Spanish), Montevideo, Uruguay: University of the Republic, retrieved 24 March 2026
- ↑ "Ricardo L. Aguerre (1897-1967)". Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales (in Spanish). Montevideo Uruguay: Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Historia de la Medicina en Uruguay: Quirón el Centauro dicta el primer Tratado de Terapéutica". SMU (in Spanish). Montevideo, Uruguay: Sindicato Médico del Uruguay. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ Fraser, Valerie (18 April 2007). "Obituary: Fernando Montes". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ "Fernando Montes: Artist whose travels influenced his work and reflected his spiritual temperament". The Times. London. 21 March 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ ""Musas y creadoras" muestra en el Espacio Cultural Edificio Artigas". Portal Medios Públicos (in Spanish). Medios Públicos. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 24 March 2026.