Lino E. Spilimbergo , Les Fleurs du Mal, Buenos Aires, 1943, Vian, 1991/2033.
Illustr.: 3 full page drawings in b/w.
Lino Enea Spilimbergo (1896-1964), painter and engraver, is considered one of the great masters of Argentine art. His full name was Lino Claro Honorio Enea Spilimbergo. During a trip to Italy with his family, he contracted pneumonia, which left him with lasting effects and developed into asthma. He returned to Buenos Aires in 1902. Spilimbergo studied at universities in Germany, where he graduated as a painter. From 1920, while still in his formative years, he submitted some of his works to the National Fine Arts Salon, receiving first prize for engraving for his etchings "Elements of Work" and "Winter." In the late 1930s, he taught at the Argentine Institute of Graphic Arts, where his students included prominent figures such as Medardo Pantoja (1906-1976), Eolo Pons (1914), Luis Lusnich (1911-1995), and Leopoldo Presas (1915). After his retirement, he continued his artistic work intensely, participating in various national and international exhibitions. ( Wikipedia )
