Ángel Della Valle

His father was a construction manager, who worked on several major projects and was able to enroll Ángel at the Colegio San José, a prestigious private school.

[1] He displayed an early aptitude for art and, although his father died in 1871, the following year, with the consent of his mother, he was able to go to Italy, where he studied with Antonio Ciseri in Florence.

[1] These artists included the painters Augusto Ballerini, Eduardo Sívori, Ernesto de la Cárcova and Reinaldo Giudici, as well as the sculptors Lucio Correa Morales and Francisco Cafferata.

Among the best-known are those of his childhood friend, Dr.Pedro Lagleyze (1855-1916), a prominent ophthalmologist, and one of his patients, President Julio Argentino Roca.

[3] Overall, however, his best works are considered to be those depicting the countryside, the gaucho, and scenes of daily life among the common people.