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Pedro Figari

Pedro Figari (1861 - 1938) was active/lived in Uruguay, France.  Pedro Figari is known for Painting, writing.

Pedro Figari was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He earned his law degree in 1886 and soon acquired a reputation as a talented defense counselor. As a journalist, he founded the newspaper El Diario.

Figari later occupied a seat in Uruguay's Chamber of Deputies. He was named director of the Escuela de Artes y Oficios and fostered reforms concerning industrial instruction.

Figari wrote on many topics ranging from judicial matters to essays on education, aesthetics, and poetry. as a youth, he studied painting with the Italian Godofredo Somavilla, but his own style and unique vision were not revealed until 1921 when he moved to Buenos Aires.

After four years of intense activity in Argentina, Figari moved to Paris, where he remained for nine years, ultimately reaching his artistic maturity.

Figari returned to Montevideo in 1933, where he died five years later, ending an extraordinary life as painter, lawyer, professor, journalist, parliamentarian, philoso   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1051 characters.]  Artist bio

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