Julia Wernicke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Argentinian painter
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Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
About Julia Wernicke
- Julia Wernicke (August 26, 1860, Buenos Aires-October 25, 1932) was a painter and engraver from Argentina.
- She is known as the first animalist painter from Argentina, and was unique at the time in incorporating exotic animals into her paintings.
- She paved the way for female artists in Argentina through many firsts, especially within the discipline of engraving.
- Wernicke was one of the first women to have an individual exhibition of works in Buenos Aires, in 1897; and the first person to have an individual exhibition of engraved etchings in Argentina, in 1909.
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