Barolo. Buenos Aires, summer 2014. Painting, Oil on canvas, Size: 59 H x 59 W in (150 H x 150 W cm). © 2014 Florencia San Martin Brück/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York I went to a private party at “Palacio Barolo”, the building energy and its history got in me and from that night the inspiration of my painting “Barolo”. History Italian architect Mario Palanti was commissioned to design the building by the empresario Luis Barolo, an Italian immigrant who had arrived in Argentina in 1890 and had made a fortune in knitted fabrics. The Palacio Barolo was designed in…
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