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PEDRO FIGARI   Uruguay is the home of many great painters. Pedro Figari is one of them. Son of the Italian Juan Figari de Lazar and Paula Solari. He was born in Montevideo. on 29th July 1861. He studied law and was a very active politician.In 1921, he decided to start his career as a painter and moved to Buenos Aires with his son ,Carlos.Four years later, he moved to Paris and participated in group exhibitswith artists as Diego Rivera, Jules Supervielle and Joaquín Torres-García.The themes of his paintings are creole customs, colonial society and his memories of Candombe.He said about his paintings: ¨My painting is not simply a way of painting.It is a way of seeing, thinking and feeling¨. At the beginning of 1934 he returned to Montevideo, and four years later, he died.He created over than 4000 paintings.   READ AND ANSWER 1.Who was Pedro Figari? 2. Where was he from?   3.When was he born?   4.Did he live in New York?   5.When did he die?       CHOOSE THE BEST ENDING     1. Pedro Figari wasFrenchUruguayanArgentinian   2.He lived in Buenos Aires and ArgentinaArgentina and FranceBuenos Aires and New York   3.He painted aboutcolonial society,Candombe and creole customspolitics and lawParis and Buenos Aires   4.He died in ParisBuenos AiresUruguay   5.He said his painting was a way ofseeing,thinking and feelingworkingplaying         COMPLETE THE FACTFILE   NAME NATIONALITY JOB BORN ON BORN IN NUMBER OF PAINTINGS    COMPLETE THE COLUMNS            INFINITIVE PAST  TO  STUDY  TO  PLAY  TO  WORK  TO  PAINT  TO BE  TO ARRIVE  TO TRAVEL  TO MOVE  TO STOP