Hermenegildo Sábat facts for kids
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Hermenegildo Sábat
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| Born | 23 June 1933 |
| Died | 2 October 2018 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Journalist, caricaturist, jazz |
| Years active | 1955–2018 |
| Spouse(s) | Blanca Rodríguez |
Hermenegildo Sábat (born June 23, 1933 – died October 2, 2018) was a famous Argentine-Uruguayan caricaturist. A caricaturist is an artist who draws funny pictures of people, often making their features exaggerated. He was also a journalist and loved jazz music.
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Life and Work of Hermenegildo Sábat
Early Career in Journalism
Hermenegildo Sábat was born in 1933 in Montevideo, Uruguay, a city by the ocean. His family called him "Menchi" since he was a little boy. When he was just 15 years old, a newspaper in Montevideo called El País published one of his drawings. It was a picture of a famous football player named Juan Schiaffino.
Sábat started working in journalism in 1955 as a graphic artist for a newspaper called Acción. In 1957, he went back to El País. He became an editor there and also worked as a reporter, photographer, and illustrator. His drawings and articles appeared in other Uruguayan newspapers and magazines too. He also worked as a graphic designer.
In 1961, he married Blanca Rodríguez, and they had two children. In 1966, Sábat moved to Argentina after a disagreement with the owners of El País. In Buenos Aires, he worked for a publishing company. Soon, his caricatures were featured in important Argentine news magazines like Primera Plana and Crísis. He also became the main illustrator for big newspapers like Clarín and La Opinión.
When a new government closed La Opinión in 1977, Sábat moved to Clarín, where he worked for many years. Sábat loved jazz and tango music. He wrote several books about these music styles. Some of his books were about famous musicians like Carlos Gardel and Bix Beiderbecke.
Later Years and Political Caricatures
In 1980, Sábat became an Argentine citizen. He continued to work for Clarín and sometimes drew for other newspapers. His drawings became very well-known, especially his caricatures of political leaders. He even drew funny pictures of powerful leaders like Juan Perón and those in charge during the military government.
He kept working after Argentina became a democracy again in 1983. Sábat's drawings often showed how he felt about the government. For example, he drew President Raúl Alfonsín as a ballet dancer or a tightrope walker to show his struggles with the country's money problems. He would add a small halo to political figures who were very close to the Catholic Church. He even drew a labor union leader, Saúl Ubaldini, crying or using a rude gesture to show his dramatic protests.
His brave and humorous drawings earned him many awards, including the famous Maria Moors Cabot prize in 1988. When Carlos Menem became president, Sábat found him easy to draw. Menem had long sideburns and wanted to stay in power for a long time. Sábat drew him as a man stuck to his presidential chair.
Sábat's caricatures were not just of politicians. He also drew artists and other famous people. When a well-known Argentine artist or cultural figure died, Sábat would often draw a picture of them as an angel to honor them. You can see an example in his portrait of the musician Ástor Piazzolla.
In 2008, he drew President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner with tape over her mouth in Clarín. This was during a big disagreement between the government and farmers. The president thought the drawing was a "mafioso message." Later, he drew her with a punch to the face. Some people in the government accused him of violence against women because of this drawing.
In 2017, Hermenegildo Sábat won the Diamond Konex Award. This is one of the most important awards in Argentina. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 2, 2018, at the age of 85.
Books by Hermenegildo Sábat
- Al troesma con cariño (1971), about Carlos Gardel
- Yo Bix, Tú Bix, Él Bix (1972), about Bix Beiderbecke
- Scat: una interpretación gráfica del jazz (1974)
- Una selección de dibujos públicados entre los años 1971 y 1975 (1975)
- Galería personal (1975)
- Dogor (1979), about Aníbal Troilo
- Monsieur Lautrec (1980), with Julio Cortázar, about Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Tango Mío (1981)
- Sentido pésame (1984)
- Una satisfacción tras otra (1990)
- Haberlo sabido antes (1992)
- Fotos (1996)
- Jazz a la carte (1996)
- Carta a Torres García (1996)
- Crónicas del Ángel Gris (1996), illustrations for book by Alejandro Dolina
- Adioses tardíos (1998)
- La casa sigue en orden: cuatro décadas de historia en dibujos (1999)
- Georgie Dear (1999), about Jorge Luis Borges
- Imágenes latentes (2001)
- Dos dedos: una interpretación de Django Reinhardt (2004)
- Siguen las firmas: inventario apócrifo de falsedades, mentiras y algunas certidumbres (2006)
- El pájaro murió de risa (2007), about Charlie Parker
- Anónimo Transparente (2007), about Fernando Pessoa
- Que no se entere Piazzolla (2008), about Ástor Piazzolla
See also
In Spanish: Hermenegildo Sábat para niños
