Gustavo Cochet
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Gustavo Cochet was a painter, engraver, and writer who worked between Barcelona and Rosario. He was born in Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina on May 6, 1894 and died in Fulnes, Santa Fe Province, Argentina on July 27, 1979.
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[edit] Childhood
His father was French, teacher in a rural elementary school located between Esperanza and San Jerónimo Norte, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. His mother was an Argentine, and his grandmother was indigenous. He spend his first years in elementary school in the countryside. His father was then transferred to Carlos Pellegrini and then to Maciel, both in Santa Fe. In Maciel, Cochet began to work an apprentice telegraphist. In 1912 he moved to Rosario to dedicate himself to painting while working as a telegraphist in the postal office. He studying with the painter César Caggiano, and met other contemporary painter in Buenos Aires. In 1915, he travelled to Barcelona, and in 1917 he worked various positions including an increasing exposure to the vanguard movement.
[edit] Professional Development
- 1919: First exposition, in the Dalmau Gallery in Barcelona.
- 1920: Moves to Paris and marries Francisca Alfonso.
- 1921: Joins the French army for a year, after which his first son is born.
- 1923: First Paris exposition, shows restored paintings. Begins to gain consistent galleries to show his work in.
- 1935: Participated in the Iberian Anarchist Federation, speaking and reflecting on the rights of artists in a revolution.
- 1939: Returns to Argentina
- 1941: Named Professor of Painting at a new School in Santa Fe, Argentina, where he lives until 1946 and publishes the book Entre el llano y la sierra (Between the flatlands and the mountains).
[edit] Museum
His children, neighbors, friends, and others have worked to build a museum in his honor, now standing in Fulnes, Santa Fe.
