Vicente Puig

Vicente Puig (; 10 October 1882 – 25 June 1965) was a Spanish-born Uruguayan painter and educator active in Montevideo and Buenos Aires.

Early life and education Puig was born Vicenç Puig on 10 October 1882 in Mataró, during the Bourbon Restoration. Puig later studied in Paris under Fernand Cormon. Puig taught alongside Carlos María Herrera at the Circle of Fine Arts in Montevideo. Puig's students included Ricardo L. Aguerre, Humberto Causa, José Pedro Costigliolo, Alfredo De Simone, , Humberto Frangella, Antonio Pena, César Augusto Pesce Castro, Carlos Prevosti, , Petrona Viera and José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín.

In October 1918, Puig and his student Antonio Pena entered into a competition to paint a historical panel at the , University of the Republic. Awarded first prize, the resulting 1919 piece Quirón el Centauro dicta el primer Tratado de Terapéutica is located in the upper floor of the Facultad de Medicina.

Personal life On 25 June 1965 Puig died in Buenos Aires, aged 82.