A Pioneer of Argentine Painting Prilidiano Paz Pueyrredón (January 24, 1823 – November 3, 1870) stands as one of the foremost figures in the genesis of Argentine painting. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina—the son of Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, then Supreme Director of the United Provinces of Río de la Plata—and María Calixta Tellechea y Caviedes, a noblewoman—Pueyrredón’s artistic journey began amidst the intellectual ferment of his for…