Numa Ayrinhac
Numa Ayrinhac (5 September 1881 – 23 March 1951) was a French-Argentine artist. He was born in Espalion (France) in 1881 of Joseph Sixte Ayrinhac and Marie Eulalie Durand, and moved with his parents aged five to the new settlement of Pigüé, Saavedra, Argentina. He is famous for painting portraits of Eva and Juan Domingo Perón.
Also recorded as Numa-Camille Ayrinhac
Numa Ayrinhac
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- Name
- Numa Ayrinhac
- Birth Name
- Numa Camille Ayrinhac
- Born
- 5 September 1881
- Birthplace
- Espalion, Aveyron, Occitania, France
- Died
- 23 March 1951
- Place of death
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Field
- Portrait painting
- Full name
- Numa Camille Ayrinhac.
- Nationality
- Argentina and France.
- Occupation
- painter and sculptor.
- Fields
- portrait painting.
- Education
- Académie des beaux-arts and Académie de la Grande Chaumière.
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Numa Ayrinhac (5 September 1881 – 23 March 1951) was a French-Argentine artist. He was born in Espalion (France) in 1881 of Joseph Sixte Ayrinhac and Marie Eulalie Durand, and moved with his parents aged five to the new settlement of Pigüé, Saavedra, Argentina. He is famous for painting portraits of Eva and Juan Domingo Perón.
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He died in Buenos Aires on March 23, 1951. • Illustration — Official portrait of Juan Domingo Perón and Evita, by Numa Ayrinhac in 1948. He is the only Argentine President accompanied by the First Lady in an official portrait
Numa Ayrinhac studied at Académie des beaux-arts and Académie de la Grande Chaumière. Training under Ernesto de la Cárcova and Léon Bonnat is recorded. The recorded working language is French and Spanish. The field of work recorded is portrait painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait and landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris, Pigüé and Buenos Aires. Employment is recorded with Juan Perón. Work by Numa Ayrinhac is recorded in the collections of Pink House Museum.
Buste d'Eduardo Casey, cofondateur de la ville de Pigüé avec Clément Cabanettes.
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• Name — Numa Ayrinhac • Birth Name — Numa Camille Ayrinhac • Born — 5 September 1881 • Birthplace — Espalion, Aveyron, Occitania, France • Died — 23 March 1951 • Place of death — Buenos Aires, Argentina • Field — Portrait painting
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The following is established of origins and background. Ayrinhac died in 1951 at Buenos Aires. Recorded at birth as Numa Camille Ayrinhac. Institutional cataloguing adds that numa Ayrinhac was born in 1881 at Espalion.
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