Ides Kihlen

Born in Santa Fe on July 10, 1917, Kihlen began her training at the age of 14 at the School of Decorative Arts in Buenos Aires, directed at that time by Pío Collivadino. She was also a student of Vicente Puig, and frequented the workshops of Emilio Pettoruti and Juan Batlle Planas. In Paris, he trained with André Lhote. Starting in 1961, he studied at the Ernesto de la Cárcova School of Fine Arts, where he was taught by Kenneth Kemble, one of the artists of the informalist group. In the 80s, he continued his workshop practices with Adolfo Nigro.
However, until recently, his work was one of the best kept secrets in the Argentine visual arts scene. It was not until the beginning of the 21st century that his paintings left his workshop and came to light in the public eye. In 2002, the Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo organized a major retrospective that, at the same time, was his first solo show. Ides was 85 years old.