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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.
His father was French, teacher in a rural elementary school located between Esperanza and San Jeronimo 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 Cesar 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.
Contemporary Cochet (in Spanish).
Related websites
Contemporary Cochet (in Spanish)
Web site of the city of Funes (Spanish)
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