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1861 Montevideo, Uruguay - 1938 Montevideo, Uruguay. Known for: Painting, writing.
Pedro Figari was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He earned his law degree in 1886 and soon acquired a reputation as a talented defense counselor. As a journalist, he founded the newspaper El Diario.... Read full biography
Pedro Figari was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He earned his law degree in 1886 and soon acquired a reputation as a talented defense counselor. As a journalist, he founded the newspaper El Diario. Figari later occupied a seat in Uruguay's Chamber of Deputies. He was named director of the Escuela de... Read full biography
Pedro Figari was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He earned his law degree in 1886 and soon acquired a reputation as a talented defense counselor. As a journalist, he founded the newspaper El Diario. Figari later occupied a seat in Uruguay's Chamber of Deputies. He was named director of the Escuela de Artes y Oficios and fostered reforms concerning industrial instruction. Figari wrote on many topics ranging from judicial matters to essays on education, aesthetics, and poetry. as a youth, he studied... Read full biography
Pedro Figari was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He earned his law degree in 1886 and soon acquired a reputation as a talented defense counselor. As a journalist, he founded the newspaper El Diario. Figari later occupied a seat in Uruguay's Chamber of Deputies. He was named director of the Escuela de Artes y Oficios and fostered reforms concerning industrial instruction. Figari wrote on many topics ranging from judicial matters to essays on education, aesthetics, and poetry. as a youth, he studied painting with the Italian Godofredo Somavilla, but his own style and unique vision were not revealed until 1921 when he moved to Buenos Aires. After four years of intense activity in Argentina, Figari moved to Paris, where he remained for nine... Read full biography
Pedro Figari was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He earned his law degree in 1886 and soon acquired a reputation as a talented defense counselor. As a journalist, he founded the newspaper El Diario. Figari later occupied a seat in Uruguay's Chamber of Deputies. He was named director of the Escuela de Artes y Oficios and fostered reforms concerning industrial instruction. Figari wrote on many topics ranging from judicial matters to essays on education, aesthetics, and poetry. as a youth, he studied painting with the Italian Godofredo Somavilla, but his own style and unique vision were not revealed until 1921 when he moved to Buenos Aires. After four years of intense activity in Argentina, Figari moved to Paris, where he remained for nine years, ultimately reaching his artistic maturity. Figari returned to Montevideo in 1933, where he died five years lat... Read full biography
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Pedro Figari was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He earned his law degree in 1886 and soon acquired a reputation as a talented defense counselor. As a journalist, he founded the newspaper El Diario.
Figari later occupied a seat in Uruguay's Chamber of Deputies. He was named director of the Escuela de Artes y Oficios and fostered reforms concerning industrial instruction.
Figari wrote on many topics ranging from judicial matters to essays on education, aesthetics, and poetry. as a youth, he studied painting with the Italian Godofredo Somavilla, but his own style and unique vision were not revealed until 1921 when he moved to Buenos Aires.
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