Ignacio Baz | |
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| Born | 1826 San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina |
| Died | 1887 |
Ignacio Baz (1826–1887) was anArgentine painter who painted many portraits of notable people in the region during his lifetime.
Ignacio Baz was born inSan Miguel de Tucumán in 1826 and died in 1887. He was a disciple, alongsideFernando García del Molino andEustaquio Carrandi, of the renowned painterCarlos Morel.[1]
Baz portrayed great personalities inTucumán,Córdoba,Buenos Aires,Santiago, Chile andLima, Peru.He also made portraits ofcaudillos such asJuan Manuel de Rosas,Juan Felipe Ibarra,Facundo Quiroga andÁngel Vicente Peñaloza.[2]
When his niece offered a collection of his work for sale to state in 1904, the Senator forTucumán Province,Alberto Soldati, spoke in favor of the purchase, saying Ignacio Baz was one of the greatest of national portrait artists.His portraits, painted over a period of forty years, were striking resemblances of the most distinguished members of the leading families in the provinces of North and many of Cordoba and the coast".[3]His works may be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts Eduardo Sivori, shown by Rodolfo Trostiné (Buenos Aires) and the Museum of Fine Arts "Timoteo Eduardo Navarro" (City of Tucumán)
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