Ricardo Ernesto Montes i Bradley was a poet, essayist, art historian, and literary critic"Reseña histórica de la difusión cultural en la Universidad Autónoma..." by Irma Margarita Pompa del Angel. Departamento de Difusión Cultural, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2000. Original available from University of Texas"Santa Fe en la literatura" by Felipe Justo Cervera, Graciela F. de Cocco, Graciela F. de; Pavan Cocco, Elda Maria, Elda Maria Pavan. Ediaicones sistemas de apoyo educativo, 1989. and diplomat. He born on June 9, 1905, in Rosario, Argentina. He was Honorary Consul of México in Rosario,Nacion Apache. Montes i Bradley y las artes plásticas by Juan Filloy professor of Fine Arts, publisher, columnist and contributor in newspapers and literary magazines in Latin America. R-E Montes i Bradley held Doctorates in the Law, Diplomacy, History and International Law. He was an active member of the International Institute of Ibero-American Literature and the International Association of Critics; Correspondent Member of the National Academy of Arts and Literature of Cuba and of the National Academy of History and Geography of Mexico; Honorary Member of the Mexican Academy of Genealogy and Heraldry"Genealogías argentinas" by Lucio Ricardo Pérez Calvo. Original available from University of Texas (Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica); member of the Sociedad Argentina de Escritores (SADE); a member of the Círculo de la Prensa and the Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Rosario; co-founded the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Rosario; member of the Asociación de Críticos de México. As publisher, he was responsible for the Boletín de Cultura Intelectual, which he also directed; the art magazines Revista Paraná and Cuadernos del Litoral were also the result of his commitment to journalism in the arts. The last two publications were dedicated to promote the works of local artist, writers, poets in the region known as Paraná, Rosario de Santa Fe and vicinity.Gilberto González y Contreras. "Correo Indoamericano", Tribuna del Pensamiento Libre. Isuue # 9. Page 15. México.
In 1951, Montes i Bradley moved to Mexico City."Revista "Universidad" by Universidad de Nuevo León, Universidad de León, Universidad de Nuevo León Departamento de Acción Social Universitaria, 1944. Original available from the University of Michigan"Fuentes de la historia contemporánea de México" by Stanley Robert Ross. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1978. Original available from the University of Michigan In 1964, he was designated Envoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryMinisterio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República Argentina. Archivo. to the Embassy of Argentina in México. Montes i Bradley returned to Argentina in 1973. He died in Buenos Aires on November 22, 1976.Sasturain, Juan. “Pierce en Rosario”. Página|12, February 24, 2014Montes i Bradley's Editorial Projects, 2020 En Claves del Pensamiento. Revista de Filosof'ia, Arte, Literatura, Historia. Año XV, Num. 29, 2021.
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Alabado Sea Tu Nombre, (Prise Be Thy Name) Carpetas 1 del Grillo, Rosario, 1944. A unique collection of poems. With to engravings by Juan Berlingieri. The author is listed on the front cover as R-E. Montes i Bradley. This unique publication is registered with the Fine Arts Museum "Juan B. Castagnino" in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. Each of the 90 copies is either initialed or signed by the author. The author prizes his wife Virginia Picot-Bonoris in the title.Descendants of Capt. Richard Sutton, shipmaster Fifth Generation. Thomas Osgood Bradley Foundation. Resurrección de Lenzoni, (The resurrection of Lenzoni). Editorial Palace, Rosario, 1945. Biographical work on Marcos Lenzoni. With florilegio and two etchings by Ricardo Warecki and Azubi Borda. Dedicated to his brother Saul. 130 pages. Index and Colofon.Descendants of Capt. Richard Sutton, shipmaster Fifth Generation. The Thomas Osgood Bradley Foundation ."Santa Fe en la literatura" by Felipe Justo Cervera, Graciela F. de Cocco, Graciela F. de; Pavan Cocco, Elda Maria, Elda Maria Pavan. Ediciones sistemas de apoyo educativo, 1989."Solvente crítica povocada por "Resurrección de Lenzoni". On "Universidad de Antioquia" magazine. Medellín, Colombia. September–October 147. Chapter: Books
El Agricultor José de San Martín, (The Farmer). Foreword by Vicente Saenz. Dedicated to the author's parents. Editorial Perspectivas, Mexico, 1952. Partial biography of José de San Martín. Soft Cover and Hard Cover editions were published in the same year and 145 pages. Index and Colofón. Hard Cover, 3000 copies, Sof Cover, 3000 copies."Boletín de la Academia Argentina de Letras" by Academia Argentina de Letras, 1938. Original from the University of Michigan."Humanitas" by Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. 1953. Original from the University of Michigan."Reseña histórica de la zona de San Lorenzo" by Roberto I. Biraghi. 1973. El Camino de Manuel Musto, (The Path of Manuel Musto). Hipocampo, Rosario, 1942. Foreword by Juan Filloy. Biographical work on Manuel Musto. Printed on June 30, 1942. 700 copies, rustic. Printer: Emilio Fenner, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. 190 pages. List of Illustrations, Index, Colofon.http://www.nacionapache.com.ar/archives/5675 Montes i Bradley y las artes plásticas by Juan Filloy Himno al Arte. R-E Montes i Bradley and Nicolas Mastroiacovo. Casa Romano, Rosario, Santa Fe, 1942.Catalogue of "The Antique Shop Book" (Libreria de Antaño). Libertad 1236, Buenos Aires Argentina. El retrato de mi madre. Cinco diseños a la pluma. Cuatro telas al óleo y una escultura de bronce de César Augusto Caggiano. Con Estudio crítico por Ricardo Ernesto Montes i Bradley, catedrático de estilos en el profesorado de estética anexo a la Escuela Normal Nacional “Juan María Gutierrez” y de Historia del Arte en la escuela de Artes Plásticas de Rosario. Editorial Atenea, 1942. Format 27 x 37cm. Encuadernada en tela con sobrecubierta.Sociedad Argentina de Escritores (SADE). Rosario, Argentina. El Estampero Argentino de Hoy. Ediciones Conferencia, Mexico 1957. Dedicated to "Virginia Picot, esposa y amiga”. This is a critical essay on a singular show of Argentine engravers artists in México. Foreword by Paul Westheim. Notes by Alfonso Reyes. Pages 62. 32 Prints in Black and white.Archivo General de la Nacion. Buenos Aires, ArgentinaWorld Cat Las lacas y los dibujos de Carlos Valdés Mujica. Written in collaboration with José León Pagano. The book comprises articles and essays by Juan Filloy, José León Pagano, Marcelo Menaché, Andrés Sabella, Fernán Félix de Amador, Santiago José Chierico, Luis Gudiño Kramer, Antonio J. Bucich, José González Carbalho, Manuel Mujica Láinez, Federico Monjardin, Edmundo Blanco Boer, Juan Sol, Pedro Badanelli, Anselmo Ballesteros, Sonia Dimitrowna, Rafael Serrano Vivanco, Rafael B. Esteban, Luis A. Paganotto, Santiago Bernardi, Miguel Flor de Lis, Dante Mantovani and others. (Editorial Atenea, Rosario, 1948)"Ritratto di Cogorno" by Rosella Bruschi. De Ferrari, 2000. Cogomo, Italy. , Sandra LebboroniBiblioteca Nacional. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Publications * Directrices, “Revista de la Cultura Artística y Literaria”. Córdoba. Co-directed with Romero del Prado y Gómez Ibañes. Staff writers Saúl Taborda, Raúl Orgaz, Carlos Brandán Garafa, José Pedroni, Oliverio Girondo, Alfonso Reyes, Vicente Nacatato, Enrique Ramponi, Pedro Vignale, Alfredo Hele, Manuel Rodeiro, Alfredo Bigatti, Ricardo Busso, Oliverio de Allende, José Manfredi, César Tiempo. Illustrations by Nicolás Antonio and Lino Spilimbergo. Only two issues were ever published, in August and September 1929. Format: 310 X 330 mm. Pages 32. A disclosure of principles followed the staff and publishers data: "...Lcuhar por un mañana mejor. Hemos querido dar un paso al frente: Presente!. Estamos, pues. No nos alabemos. No hablemos de optimismo. No por lo que atañe a nosotros, sino de la cooperación que a las esferas extremas se refiere... | Ideología: De Izquierda"Pereyra, Washington Luis. "La prensa literaria argentina (1890-1974)” Buenos Aires, Argentina. Revista Paraná Paraná may be considered the founder of cultural relations between the cities of Rosario and Santa Fe as a cultural phenomenon in the region of Paraná. The magazine was published between 1941 and 1943 by Ricardo Ernesto Montes i Bradley. The magazine found a place to express and disseminate works of Mateo Booz, Busaniche Jose, Olga Cosettini Elias Diaz Molano, Juan Filloy, Arturo Fruttero, Lucio Fontana, Leonidas Gambartes, Alcides Greca, Luis Gudiño Kramer, José Pedroni, Irma Peirano, Julio Vanzo, and Wernicke Rosa Agustin Zapata and others."Posada y la ironía plástica" by José Guadalupe Zuno Hernández. Available copy from University of Texas, 1958Diario La Capital. February 22, 2004. News: "Rio que une y no divide" Boletín de Cultura Intellectual Revista Hispánica moderna by Hispanic Institute in the United States, Universidad de Buenos Aires Instituto de Filología, Columbia University Hispanic Institute, New York City: Casa de las España, Columbia University, 1934. Original available from the University of California. Published between June 1938 and January–September 1944.CeDInCI | Centro de Documentación e Investigación de la Cultura de Izquierdas en Argentina. Catalog. Fray Luis Beltran 125, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Journalistic works Journalistic activity by Montes i Bradley can be summarized in his contribution to Spanish language newspapers in Argentina before his exile in Mexico from 1951 until 1973 and during a brief period in his return to Buenos Aires in 1973 and until he died in 1976. The media in which he has worked are: Diario La Nación, Buenos Aires, Diario La Capital, Rosario, Boletín de Cultura Intellectual, Rosario, Paraná, Rosario, Diario Excelsior, Mexico, Diario El Nacional, Mexico, Revista Novedades, Mexico, Revista Siempre, México, Revista Hoy, México.
Essays of relevance La respuesta. In memory of Antonio Machado. El Nacional, Issue 500. México. 1956.Universidad autónoma de México Instituto de investigaciones filológico. "Diccionario de escritores mexicanos". p. 117. México 2004 El taller de gráfica popular y su proyección continental.Flores Villela, Carlos Arturo. "México, la cultura. el arte y la vida cotidiana. Vol 1". Serie Fuentes 7. p.217. Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Humanidades. Universidad Autónoma de México. A copy of the essay can be found at the Museo de Arte Moderno in México City. Nuevo y valioso aporte al conocimiento de Posada, Novedades. Mexico. D.F. May 4. 1952. The essay is an introduction to a publication containing 134 engravings by José Guadalupe Posada.Flores Villela, Carlos Arturo. "México, la cultura. el arte y la vida cotidiana. Vol 1". Serie Fuentes 7. p. 213. Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Humanidades. Universidad Autónoma de México. Las judas de México. Mexican Folkways. Issue 2. México, 1925.Iglesias y Cabrera, Sonia. “Las fiestas tradicionales de México”. p.252 Mexico, 2009
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"Art and Literature of the Littoral. Montes i Bradley's Editorial Projects" by Elisabet Veliscek, en En-claves del pensamiento. Revista de Filosofía, Arte, Literatura, Historia, año XV, nº 29, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León (México), enero-junio de 2021, pp. 193-230 Vintage Books Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes, Rosario Newspaper Pagina | 12. Buenos Aires, Argentina Archivo Histórico Municipal de la Ciudad de Río Cuarto Alderman Library | University of Virginia