Leopoldo Presas
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Leopoldo Presas 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 expressionism
as well. He tried several mediums as oil
, tempera
, charcoal
and pencil
on different supports including canvas
, paper
, paperboard
and newspaper
. The themes of his works have been very extensive. The female figure was his main attraction, but he also did still life
s, landscapes, harbors, erotic paintings and some expressionist and controversial series as “The Pigs”, “The Kings of Putrefaction” and “The Christs”.
Expressionism
Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas...
as well. He tried several mediums as oil
Oil painting
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil—especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body...
, tempera
Tempera
Tempera, also known as egg tempera, is a permanent fast-drying painting medium consisting of colored pigment mixed with a water-soluble binder medium . Tempera also refers to the paintings done in this medium. Tempera paintings are very long lasting, and examples from the 1st centuries AD still exist...
, charcoal
Charcoal
Charcoal is the dark grey residue consisting of carbon, and any remaining ash, obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. Charcoal is usually produced by slow pyrolysis, the heating of wood or other substances in the absence of oxygen...
and pencil
Pencil
A pencil is a writing implement or art medium usually constructed of a narrow, solid pigment core inside a protective casing. The case prevents the core from breaking, and also from marking the user’s hand during use....
on different supports including canvas
Canvas
Canvas is an extremely heavy-duty plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, and other items for which sturdiness is required. It is also popularly used by artists as a painting surface, typically stretched across a wooden frame...
, paper
Paper
Paper is a thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon, drawing or for packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
, paperboard
Paperboard
Paperboard is a thick paper based material. While there is no rigid differentiation between paper and paperboard, paperboard is generally thicker than paper. According to ISO standards, paperboard is a paper with a basis weight above 224 g/m2, but there are exceptions. Paperboard can be single...
and newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
. The themes of his works have been very extensive. The female figure was his main attraction, but he also did still life
Still life
A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...
s, landscapes, harbors, erotic paintings and some expressionist and controversial series as “The Pigs”, “The Kings of Putrefaction” and “The Christs”.
Museums
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires[in Spanish] (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Museo de Artes Plásticas Eduardo SívoriEduardo Sívori MuseumThe Eduardo Sívori Museum is a municipal art museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina.-Overview:Founded on the initiative of city councilman Fernando Ghio, who proposed the creation of a municipal museum devoted to Argentine artists in 1933, the institution was inaugurated...
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Museo Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroce de Fortabat, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Museo de Arte de Tigre (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 NavarroTimoteo Navarro Museum of ArtThe Timoteo Navarro Provincial Museum of Fine Arts is the leading museum of its kind in Tucumán Province, Argentina.-Overview:The museum was first proposed by a prominent local lawyer and educator, Juan Bautista Terán, who in 1912 established the National University of Tucumán...
(Tucumán Province, Argentina)
- Museo de Bellas Artes de Lugo (Spain)
- Museo de Bellas Artes de Lima (Peru)
- Museu de Arte Moderna de São PauloSão Paulo Museum of Modern ArtThe São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, , is located in Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo....
(Brazil)