Florencio Molina Campos
Florencio Molina Campos ( born August 21, 1891 in Buenos Aires, † November 16, 1959 ) was an Argentine illustrator and painter who was known for his depictions of the Pampa. His works show humorously illustrated scenes from the life of the gauchos.
Life
Florencio Molina Campos was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Florencio Molina Salas and Josefina del Corazón de Jesús Campos y Campos. On 31 July 1920 he married María Hortensia Palacios Avellaneda, but the marriage was divorced. Later he met María Elvira Ponce Aguirre, with whom he lived for many years, as a re- marriage has not been possible at that time in Argentina for divorcees. On March 9, 1956, the two were married in a civil ceremony eventually.
His first exhibition was Molina Campos 1926 in the Sociedad Rural Argentina. After the exhibition, he was appointed by Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, the former President of Argentina, the art teacher at the Colegio Nacional de Avellaneda.
1930 commissioned him the shoe factory Alpargatas with twelve drawings for the company calendar. These were so popular that Molina Campos the subsequent twelve years has been responsible for creating the calendar.
In 1942 he exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, then, the exhibition was also shown in other U.S. cities. 1956 were shown Molina Campos ' work in the gallery Witcomb in Buenos Aires.
In the late 1940s until the mid- 1950s Molina Campos worked as a creative consultant for his longtime friend Walt Disney. During a trip to Bariloche the two characters for the film Bambi designed det until today is one of the most famous American cartoon productions. The contribution of Molina Campos can be seen in the style of the animals and trees. Basis were the fauna and flora of Nahuel Huapi in Patagonia, southern Argentina.
Further results of the collaboration with Disney were The Three Caballeros in Samba Fever (1942 ), The Three Caballeros (1945 ), Up, Free, fun (1947 ) and the original movie poster of Alice in Wonderland ( 1951).
In San Antonio de Areco in Buenos Aires Province, is a museum in honor of Molina Campos '.