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Juan Melé (1923 – 2012) was born in Buenos Aires in 1923. He studied at the Escuela Nacionál de Bellas Artes and in 1945 he began teaching drawing. Read the full biography

Juan Melé (1923 – 2012) was born in Buenos Aires in 1923. He studied at the Escuela Nacionál de Bellas Artes and in 1945 he began teaching drawing. He joined the Asociación Arte Concreto-Invención, which included Maldonado, Hlito, Lozza, Iommi, Lidi Prati, Manuel Espinoza and others. In 1947 he exhibited with Arte Nuevo and in 1948 he went to Paris with Arden Quin and Vardánega. He received a scholarship to study at the Louvre and his work was accepted at the Salon de Réalités Nouvelles. He took lessons with Vantongerloo and Sonie Delaunay, and was artistically influenced by Michel Seuphor and Max Bill. In 1949 he returned to Buenos Aires where he was an art critic and taught art history at the Belles Artes. He continued his painting and participated in museum exhibitions throughout Europe, Argentina and New York. Since 1986 he has had residencies in both Paris and Buenos Aires.