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Argentine illustrator and painter

Florencio Molina Campos (birth name, Florencio de los Ángeles Molina Campos, August 21, – November 16, ) was an Argentine illustrator and a painter known by his typical traditional scenes of the Pampa.

His work represents gauchesco scenes with a bit of humor.

Biography

Molina Campos was born in Buenos Aires. His first exhibition was at the Central Hall of the Argentine Rural Society, in Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, the President of Argentina at that time, named him art teacher of the "Colegio Nacional Avellaneda" after seeing the exhibition.

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In , the Alpargatas company, makers of espadrilles, under the supervision of engineer Luis Pastorino, commissioned 12 illustrations (using gouache technique) from him for their calendar. These were so successful that Molina Campos continued to provide the drawings for the next 12 years.

In he exhibited at the Modern Art Museum of San Francisco, which following the exhibition t