From Spanish painting to an Argentine weekly magazine. Eugenio Fornells’ Covers for Con Permiso

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Lorena Mouguelar

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This article proposes an iconographic analysis of the covers made by Eugenio Fornells for Con Permiso, a critical weekly magazine published in the city of Rosario, Argentina, between February and April of 1919. Despite the short life of this publication, its study allows us to focus on the ties between the traditions of western painting and certain illustrations printed in Argentina in the early 20th century, as well as on the impact that the transnational migrations of visual creators had on the trajectories of aesthetic trends from one continent to the other. The Catalan artist’s images show a productive crossing between elements of high modern culture and the massive satirical press

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Lorena Mouguelar

Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Argentina. lmouguelar@gmail.com