In Argentina, despite receiving fewer exiles than Mexico for example, the distinguished Institución Cultural Española supported a constant flow of Spanish intellectuals with the professorships it offered. In addition, Argentina welcomed great names such as Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz, under whose guidance the Instituto de Historia de España was created in the University of Buenos Aires, and ex-Residents Ángel Garma, founder of the Argentinian school of psychoanalysis, and mathematician Luis Santaló. One of the great publishing houses in which the contribution of Spanish exiles stands out, much like the Mexican Fondo de Cultura Económica, is Buenos Aires’ Losada, the so-called “exiled” division of Espasa-Calpe which, alongside Sudamericana, propelled the growth of Latin American publishing houses throughout the following decades.
Maruja Mallo, Cabeza de mujer negra, 1946. Óleo sobre lienzo. Museo de Pontevedra.