Victor Rebuffo (1903-1983) - 1956 Woodcut Encantamiento De La Ribera

Description

An original woodcut print by the listed Italian-Argentinian artist Victor Luciano Rebuffo (1903-1983). Entitled 'Encantamiento De La Ribera' Riverside Enchantment. Pencil signed, titled and dated (1956) to the lower margin. On paper.

Condition

Light dirtying and discolouration to the paper. The overall condition of the print is very good.

Size

49 x 39cm (19.3" x 15.4")

Collection Information

From a significant collection of iconographic and narrative woodcuts by the Italian-Argentinian artist Victor Luciano Rebuffo (1903-1983). While most are signed, all are by the artist's hand and came from a single portfolio.

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Artist Biography

Victor Rebuffo was an Italian-born printmaker, illustrator, and graphic novelist who lived and worked in Argentina. Rebuffo's family settled in Argentina soon after he was born. At the age of seventeen he entered the National Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 1926 as an art teacher. He began his career as an engraver and woodcutter a year later. His style was both bold and socially conscious, strongly influenced by the social realism of the People's Artists art collective. Art critic Julio E. Payró said that Rebuffo "stands out for the absolute clarity of his language, for its force of direct suggestion and, above all, for the beautiful conciseness of his images". His woodcut style has been compared to that of Frans Masereel, Käthe Kollwitz, Max Beckmann and Otto Dix. In 1943 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Peuser publishing house, and from 1948-1970 he taught engraving as professor extraordinaire at the University of Tucuman, Argentina. He held exhibitions in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Belgium and Tokyo.