Rediscovering the master fileteadores of Buenos Aires

Author

Estenssoro, María; Monleón, José

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Also published in a special Spanish supplement: La recuperación de los maestros fileteadores de Buenos Aires. Monleón, José, tr. (p. 74-79) ; 1992 ; Journal of decorative and propaganda arts. 1992, Num. 18, 154-169, 27 ill. (20 col.)

ISSN

0888-7314

Abstract (en)

Study of the filete porteño, the tradition of painting flowers, arabesques, and other bright decorations on horsecarts, trucks, and buses in Buenos Aires; notes that its origins have been traced to Vicente Brunetti and Cecilio Pascarella, Italians who came to Argentina in the late 19th c. and worked in a horsecart factory. Mentions that despite a successful exhibition in 1970, which helped elevate it to a legitimate art form, the filete is in decline, due to economic factors and a ban on the decoration of city buses.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Argentina
• Painting
• Argentina
• 1800-2000
• Decoration
• Vehicles
• Buenos Aires (ARG)
• Folk art

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Argentine
• Peinture
• Argentine
• 1800-2000
• Décor
• Véhicule
• Buenos Aires (ARG)
• Populaire (art)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930701-00369763

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