Aizenberg was born in Federal, Entre Rios, Argentina, on August 22, 1928. Initially, his family settled in the town of Villa Federal, which was located in the Jewish agricultural colonies of Entre Ríos Province. At the age of eight, Aizenberg's family moved to La Paternal, in the center of Buenos Aires city, Argentina.
Roberto Aizenberg received his secondary education at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. Later Aizenberg studied painting under the guidance of Antonio Berni. Between 1950 and 1953 he was a student of the surrealist Juan Batlle Planas, an Argentine painter who underlined the importance of surrealism and psychoanalysis.
Initially, Aizenberg served as an architect, however, some time later he fully devoted himself to painting. In 1958 Aizenberg's first solo exhibition took place at the Galeria Galatea. He held six more personal exhibitions before his Torcuato di Tella Institute major retrospective in 1969. This exhibition consisted of sculptures, collages, 50 paintings, and 200 drawings. In addition, his works were included in various group exhibitions, such as the São Paulo Bienal in 1963. Roberto Aizenberg's first European exposure was organized at London's Hanover Gallery in 1972. In 1973 he presented his artworks at Gimpel and Hanover Gallery in Zürich, Switzerland. Aizenberg's passion for the architecture of the Renaissance vividly influenced his works. Quite often he depicted isolated towers, empty towns, and mysterious buildings.
Due to an unstable political situation in Argentina, Aizenberg migrated to Paris in 1977, and in 1981 moved to Tarquinia, Italy. In 1982 he participated in the exhibition held at Milan's Naviglio Gallery. The artist moved back to Argentina in 1985.
Besides his artistic career, he worked as a professor. From 1985 and 1986 and again in 1993, Roberto Aizenberg taught painting at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes. In 1986 he started to hold a seminar on the Jewish Community. Roberto Aizenberg unexpectedly died in Buenos Aires in 1996 while preparing a retrospective of his work at the National Museum of Fine Arts.
Roberto Aizenberg was the best-known as an orthodox surrealist painter. For his numerous works he received several awards, among them were: award from the Automóvil Club Argentino; Acquarone Prize in 1962; First prize for his painting from the Instituto de Tella in 1963; and Cassandra Foundation Prize, Chicago, in 1970.
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Untitled
Father and Son Beholding the Shadow of a Day
Painting
Tower
Untitled Figure
Character
Untitled
Painting
Collage
Tower
Untitled
Bird
Painting
Dream of one sentenced to death
Painting
Tower
Monumento
Painting
Character
Elegia Veneta
unknown title
Painting
Harlequin
Figures on Landscape
Donna Seduta
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Figura
Painting
Tower
Aizenberg married Matilde Herrera, a journalist and writer of the weekly Primera Plana. She had three children from a prior marriage, Valeria, José and Martín Beláustegui. After the military coup that occurred in 1976 and 1977, the three children and their spouses were kidnapped.
