Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Augusto Barcia

=[[Augusto Barcia]]=

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Primary-sourced contested BLP PROD, does not assert notability through significant coverage in independent reliable sources; not neutral, advert-like.  Chzz  ►  10:58, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

  • Weak delete with reservations The article is a mess. It is in need of dire neutral editing, however, one of the links at PicassoMio gives us this as a portion of an artist biography on the site:

The artist's many SOLO EXHIBITIONS include:

2001 - Retrospective, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile. - Galeria de Talca, Talca, Chile.

1998 - Commenoz Gallery, Key Biscane, USA.

1995 - Talca University, Talca. - Municipal Gallery, Osorno, Chile.

1990 - Providencia Cultural Institute, Santiago.

1987 - Museo Lyon, Valparaiso, Chile.

1985 - Galeria Praxis, Santiago.

1984 Galeria La Pluma, Bogota, Colombia.

1983 - Museo de Medellin, Colombia. - "Barcia en el Paisaje" (?Barcia in the Landscape?), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago.

1981 - Museo Luis Angel Arango, Bogota.

1980 - Banco de Fomento, Valparaiso. - Galeria de Pintores Andinos, Bogota. - Salon del Banco de la Republica, Bogota.

1977 - Gallery Classic, Beverly Hills, USA.

1975 - Galeria Fidel Angulo, Santiago.

1974 - Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes, Valparaiso.

1970 - Galeria Michelena, Caracas, Venezuela.

1969 - Casa de la Cultura, Ministerio de Educacion, Santiago.

1966 - Sala Calicanto, Santiago. - Sala Nahuel, Santiago.

1965 -North American Institute of Chile, Santiago.

1962 - Sala del Banco de Chile, Santiago.

The following MUSEUMS have examples of Barcia's work - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile. - Concepcion University, Chile. - Museo Nacional de Caracas. - Museo de Medellin, Colombia. - Denver Museum, Colorado, USA. - Museo Nacional de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. - Museo Luis Angel Arango, Bogota. - Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota.

Throughout his career, Barcia received numerous AWARDS including:

1990 First Prize, Pintando Valparaiso

1989 First Prize, Salon Entel, Santiago

1976 First Prize, National Competition, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago

1975 National Critic's Prize

1975 Honorary mention. Salon Colocadora de Valores. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago

1970 Diploma, Federico Santa Maria University, Museo de Bellas Artes, Viña del Mar

1969 First Prize, Salon del Mar, Valparaiso

1968 Honorary prize, Offical Autumn Salon, Valparaiso

1966 Gold medal, Oficial Winter Salon, Valparaiso

1964 Honorary mention, Spring Salon. Casa de la Cultura, Ã?uñoa, Santiago

1962 Honorary mention, Nacional Salon, Santia

Conclusion: Notability seems well established, however without serious cleanup, the article obviously does not adhere to Wikipedia style standards in the least. I thought I was reading something written by Salvadore Dali for a minute there. Very heady. Nineteen Nightmares (talk) 11:56, 4 July 2010 (UTC)Nineteen Nightmares


:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

  • Keep per remarks above...Modernist (talk) 03:47, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

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