Delesio Antonio Berni was a neofigurative artist, born in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. He worked as a painter, an illustrator and an engraver. His father, Napoleón Berni, was an immigrant tailor from Italy. His mother, Margarita Picco, was an Argentinian, daughter of Italians settled in Roldán, a nearby town. In 1914 he became an apprentice in the "Buxadera and Co." vitraux factory, receiving instruction from its founder, a Catalan craftsman. Wikipedia
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Antonio Berni is perhaps the most studied and exhibited Argentine artist in the last 30 years, both in Argentina and in the international scene. www.e-flux.com/shows/view/1859
