Leonor Cecotto
Leonor Cecotto (died 8 May 1982, Asunción, Paraguay) was a 20th-century Latin American painter and engraver. Born in Argentina, she resided in Paraguay for the majority of her life, eventually becoming a prominent artist in the latter country. She was known for both her paintings and her xylographs. Biography Cecotto was born in Ciudad de Formosa, Argentina, in 1918, 1920 or 1922. Her parents were Vicente González Leiva (Spanish) and Catalina Cecotto (Argentinian). Her father was a piano tuner, and she initially studied piano, and taught piano to earn money. From a young age, Leonor Cecotto resided in Paraguay. Cecotto was largely self-educated, in part because her father forbade her to attend El Ateneo Paraguayo (the Paraguayan Athenaeum). She was taught drawing and painting privately at home, by a French artist, Francis Eugene Charles. In the 1950s she approached João Rossi, a Brazilian professor at a YMCA-hosted arts workshop. Rossi—known as a driving force for a ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Ciudad De Formosa
Ciudad () is the Spanish Language, Spanish word for City Ciudad may also refer to: *La Ciudad (archaeological site), Hohokam ruins in Phoenix, Arizona *La Ciudad, district of Durango City, Mexico *''La ciudad'', novel by Mario Levrero 1970 *La Ciudad The City (1998 film), ''The City'' (1998 film) *''Ciudad'' (film), directed by Balthasar Burkhard * Ciudad (band), Philippines band ''Rakista'' TV series * La Ciudad, nickname for Mexico City, Mexico *"La Ciudad", song by Odesza from ''A Moment Apart'' 2017 {{dab ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]