Xul Solar

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Xul Solar was an Argentine modernist painter, sculptor, and visionary thinker known for his mystical, symbolic works and his invention of imaginary languages and esoteric systems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
modernist artist
painter
sculptor
visionary thinker
birthName Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari
closeFriend Jorge Luis Borges
collaboratedWith Jorge Luis Borges
countryOfCitizenship Argentina
created esoteric board game Pan-Chess
invented language Neo-Criollo
invented language Panlengua
dateOfBirth 1887-12-14
dateOfDeath 1963-04-09
familyName Schulz Solari
field drawing
painting
printmaking
sculpture
genre esoteric art
symbolic art
visionary art
givenName Agustín
linked to: Augustin

Alejandro
Oscar
hasWorkInCollection Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Museo Xul Solar, Buenos Aires
Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA)
influenced Argentine avant-garde art
Latin American modern art
influencedBy Christian mysticism
Eastern religions
Kabbalah
Theosophy
astrology
esotericism
knownFor esoteric systems
invention of imaginary languages
mystical and symbolic artworks
visionary cosmology
languagesSpoken English
French
German
Greek
Italian
Latin
Portuguese
Spanish
livedIn England
Germany
Italy
movement Latin American modernism
Modernism
nationality Argentine
notableWork Drago
Entierro
Pan Tree
Vuel Villa
placeOfBirth San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
placeOfDeath Tigre, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
linked to: Tigre (city)
pseudonym Xul Solar
religiousBelief mystical syncretism
residence Buenos Aires, Argentina
linked to: Buenos Aires

Europe
signatureStyle architectural and fantastical structures
bright, flat colors
dense symbolic iconography
miniaturist compositions
usedMedium ink
mixed media
tempera
watercolor

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