Eduardo Schiaffino

Eduardo Schiaffino
Eduardo Schiaffino
Born1858 (1858)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died1935 (aged 76–77)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OccupationsPainter, Art Critic, Art Historian
Known forFounder of the National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires
Notable work
  • El Reposo* (1889)

Eduardo Schiaffino (1858–1935) was an Argentine painter, critic, intellectual and historian. A member of a group known as the Generation of '80, he founded the National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires and sparked the development of painting in his country.

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