A passionate student of the customs and traditions of the rural environment, Justo P. Sáenz (s) was the author of a masterpiece of the Creole tradition, Gaucho Riding in the Pampas and Mesopotamia. We present here details of his life and of this noble project through the pen of historian Guillermo Palombo.

In Hilario's online auction number twenty, scheduled for the end of July, we include a large part of his coastal message, a treasure for lovers of Argentine equestrian arts.

Alfredo González Garaño (1886-1969) was part of a circle of artists, writers and cultural promoters who left an indelible mark on Argentine art and culture.

From the hand of María Elena Babino, we will learn about his artistic ties and his passion for travel, shared by his wife, María Teresa Ayerza.

The author, attracted by a set of works that belonged to the collection of Alfredo González Garaño, and that Hilario includes in the next online auction, immerses herself in these testimonies about which, among other judgments, she points out: “certain gestures typical of the avant-garde that have to do with experimentation on the image, what the surrealists would call years later "exquisite corpses".

The director of the Violeta Parra Museum in Santiago (Chile) introduces us to the life story of the trans-Andean artist who has just won the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale. And she, with her expert voice, traces the binding lines between Cecilia Vicuña and the unforgettable Violeta Parra: "Today, the two meet at the Venice Art Biennale. In the general exhibition, three of Violeta Parra's arpilleras and a complete room for Cecilia Vicuña (...)"

“Cecilia Vicuña lived her childhood surrounded by books and art -says García Huidobro-, in a family of artists where creating was part of everyday life. Her house was on the outskirts, in a farm with ditches, animals and plants. Today the neighborhood of La Florida is densely built and with a large population. That freedom to wander around her, in her condition as a "girl", (...) ”

At the time of publishing this article, we are about to go through the first centenary of the death of William Henry Hudson who went into silence on August 18, 1922. Perhaps it is time to remember him as Rabindranath Tagore did, the Hindu, who He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. As soon as he set foot in the port of Buenos Aires in December 1924, he asked the journalist for the newspaper La Nación Carlos Alberto Leumann to tell him about one of "his favorite writers, the Argentine Guillermo Enrique Hudson." As happens today to a large part of Argentines, our compatriot had to admit his ignorance on the subject and hastily consulted Victoria Ocampo. The director of Sur, also declared herself incompetent in the matter, but she resorted to one of her main advisers, "Georgie".

Editorial Sudamericana. Buenos Aires. 2022.

Quarto (22.8 x 15.6 cm), 281 pages. Publisher's illustrated binding.

What happened in the battle of Caseros between the forces loyal to the governor of Buenos Aires, Juan Manuel de Rosas, and the so-called Great Army under the command of General Justo José de Urquiza from Entre Ríos? Just under forty-five thousand combatants and barely half a thousand dead speak of a "strange" battle, when the cavalry and infantry charges were frontal and caused havoc.

Quarto (26 x 18.1 cm), 600 pages. Publisher's binding on 300 gr matte illustration paper.

An important contribution to the study and preservation of Argentine cultural heritage, this is part of a series that began with the two volumes dedicated to the city of Buenos Aires and continued with two others that include the heritage of the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Santa Fe. The first four volumes, already online, on the website of the National Commission for Historic Monuments, Places and Assets.