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Xul Solar was the adopted name of Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari ( December 14, 1887 - April 9, 1963), Argentinian painter, sculptor, writer, and inventor of imaginary languages.1 Life
He was born in San Fernando , Buenos Aires province, Argentina. His father, Emilio Schulz Riga, was born in the Latvian city of Riga, at that time part of Imperial Russia; his mother, Agustina Solari, came from Zoagli , Italy (near Rapallo ). A younger sister, Sara, died at the age of two. He was educated in Buenos Aires, first as a musician, then as an architectArchitecture is the art and science of designing buildings. A wider definition would include within its scope the design of the total built environment, from the macrolevel of town planning, urban design, and landscape architecture to the microlevel of fu (although he never completed his architectural studies). After working as a schoolteacher and holding a series of minor jobs in the municipal bureaucracy, on April 5April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). There are 270 days remaining. Events 1242 During a battle on the ice of Chudskoye Lake, Russian forces rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. 1614 In Virginia, 19121912 is a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar) Events January 1 Establishment of Republic of China. January 6 New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U. January 17 British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four begin the he set out on the ship "England Carrier", supposedly working his passage to Hong KongThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or Hong Kong (, pinyin: Xinggng, WG: Hsiang-kang, Cantonese IPA, Jyutping or Penkyamp: hoeng1 gong2, meaning Fragrant Harbour , is one of two Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of Chi, but he disembarked in LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri and made his way to TurinTurin Location Region Piedmont Province Torino Area Total Water 130 km² (50 mi²)##. Population Total ( 2002) Density 857,433 6,596/km² Time zone CET: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 45°04'N7°40'E(##. . External link: Turin ( Italian Torino is a major industrial. He returned to London to meet up with his mother and aunt, with whom he travelled to ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to, Turin (again), GenoaAlternate uses, see Genoa (disambiguation). Genoa ( Italian Genova (jen'o-vah), Genoese Zena (zay'nah), French Genes is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of Liguria. It has a population of ca. Genua was a city of the ancient Ligurians., and his mother's native Zoagli. Over the next few years, despite the onset of World War I, he would move among these cities, as well as Tours, Marseilles, and Florence; towards the end of the war he served at the Argentine consulate in Milan.
During the war years, he struck up what was to be a lifelong friendship with Argentine artist Emilio Pettoruti , then a young man living in Italy and associated with the futurists. Also around this time, he began to paint seriously (first in watercolor, which would always remain his main medium as a painter, although he gradually began to work in tempera and -- very occasionally -- oils). He also adopted the pen name of Xul Solar. His first major exhibition of his art was in 1920 in Milan, together with the sculptor Arturo Martini .
During the years that followed he continued his travels, extending his orbit to Munich and Hamburg. In 1924, his work was exhibited in Paris in a show of Latin American artists. That year he returned to Buenos Aires, where he promptly became associated with the avante garde " Florida group" (a.k.a. "Martín Fierro group"), a circle that also included Jorge Luis Borges, who was always to remain a close friend and associate. He began to exhibit frequently in the galleries in Buenos Aires, notably in a 1926 exhibition of modern painters that included Norah Borges (sister of Jorge Luis Borges) and Emilio Pettoruti. Throughout the rest of his life, he would exhibit regularly in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, Uruguay, but he would not have another major European exhibition until his twilight years: in 1962, the year before his death, he had a major exposition at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris.
