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Xul Solar BIOGRAPHY
1887 San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 1963 Tigre, Argentina. Known for: Abstract geometric object painting, cubism, sculpture, writing.
Xul Solar was the adopted name of Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari (1887 –1963), Argentine painter, sculptor, writer, and inventor of imaginary languages. He was born in San Fernando, Buenos... Read full biography
Xul Solar was the adopted name of Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari (1887 –1963), Argentine painter, sculptor, writer, and inventor of imaginary languages. He was born in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, in the bosom of a cosmopolitan family. His father, Elmo Schulz Riga, of Baltic German... Read full biography
Xul Solar was the adopted name of Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari (1887 –1963), Argentine painter, sculptor, writer, and inventor of imaginary languages. He was born in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, in the bosom of a cosmopolitan family. His father, Elmo Schulz Riga, of Baltic German origin, was born in the Latvian city of Riga, at that time part of Imperial Russia. His mother, originally from Italy, was named Agustina Solari. He was educated in Buenos Aires, first as a musician,... Read full biography
Xul Solar was the adopted name of Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari (1887 –1963), Argentine painter, sculptor, writer, and inventor of imaginary languages. He was born in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, in the bosom of a cosmopolitan family. His father, Elmo Schulz Riga, of Baltic German origin, was born in the Latvian city of Riga, at that time part of Imperial Russia. His mother, originally from Italy, was named Agustina Solari. He was educated in Buenos Aires, first as a musician, then as an architect (although he never completed his architectural studies). After working as a schoolteacher and holding a series of minor jobs in the municipal bureaucracy, on April 5, 1912, he set out on the ship England Carrier, supposedly to... Read full biography
Xul Solar was the adopted name of Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari (1887 –1963), Argentine painter, sculptor, writer, and inventor of imaginary languages. He was born in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, in the bosom of a cosmopolitan family. His father, Elmo Schulz Riga, of Baltic German origin, was born in the Latvian city of Riga, at that time part of Imperial Russia. His mother, originally from Italy, was named Agustina Solari. He was educated in Buenos Aires, first as a musician, then as an architect (although he never completed his architectural studies). After working as a schoolteacher and holding a series of minor jobs in the municipal bureaucracy, on April 5, 1912, he set out on the ship England Carrier, supposedly to work his passage to Hong Kong, but he disembarked in London and made his way to Turin. He returned to London to meet up with his mot... Read full biography
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Oscar Agustin Alejandro Schulz Solar, Alejandro Xul Solar
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Xul Solar was the adopted name of Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari (1887 –1963), Argentine painter, sculptor, writer, and inventor of imaginary languages.
He was born in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, in the bosom of a cosmopolitan family. His father, Elmo Schulz Riga, of Baltic German origin, was born in the Latvian city of Riga, at that time part of Imperial Russia. His mother, originally from Italy, was named Agustina Solari. He was educated in Buenos Aires, first as a musician, then as an architect (although he never completed his architectural studies).
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