Antonio Berni

Antonio Berni (born May 14, 1905, Rosario, Arg.—died Oct. 13, 1981, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine artist known for his socially committed art. Berni had his first exhibition when still a teenager and received a scholarship to study painting in Europe in 1925. After visiting Madrid he settled in Paris, where he studied with the painters André Lhote and Othon Friesz. He received a second scholarship in 1927 that enabled him to come into contact...