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horacio cordero http://www.horaciocordero.com transavantgarde 12 june 2014 mon principality of monaco horacio rodolfo de sosa cordero buenos aires , argentina 300px argentine painting stage design , writing , drawing , sculpture printmaking , ceramics , 29 june 1945 horacio cordero.jpg horacio cordero -lrb- painter -rrb-
 horacio cordero
horacio cordero -lrb- painter -rrb-

horacio rodolfo de sosa cordero -lrb- june 29 , 1945 -- june 12 , 2014 -rrb- , tenth marquis de sosa , was an argentine painter , sculptor and ceramicist .
cordero was born in buenos aires , argentina .
the only male child of don rodolfo maría de sosa cordero and dña .
Ángela marcó del pont , his first studies with jesuit priests were instrumental in the discovery of his vocation as an artist .
he belonged to an ancient aristocratic spanish family whose history dates back to the 14th century in the lands of castile .
in 1965 , he established himself in paris , france and began a great friendship with alberto giacometti and diego giacometti , with whom worked , at the sculptor 's request , in the last stage of his life , to develop patinas especially for the musée picasso -- hôtel salé , paris .
at the same time , he also knew francis bacon , pablo picasso , the vicountess marie-laure de noailles , antenor patiño , porfirio rubirosa , charles de beistegui , alexis de redé , emilio terry , aristóteles onassis and his daughter cristina , among other international personalities who all began collecting his work .
in 1980 , he was invited to participate at the venice biennale , in the `` aperto 80 '' exhibition , where he presented '' entartete kunst '' or `` art degenere '' , a painting started in 1977 in the artist 's atelier in piazza navona , rome and finished in 1980 in time for the exhibition .
he is one of the main representatives of the transvanguardia movement , along with sandro chia , francesco clemente , mimmo paladino , nicola de maria and enzo cucchi , however he never joined a specific pictoric movement , he only participated .
besides being a great painter and sculptor , horacio cordero was also a writer , photographer , ceramicist and a jewel and brass furniture designer .
he designed for the world famous architect and interior designer juan pablo molyneux .
horacio cordero worked and lived in new york , monte carlo , paris , london , italy and buenos aires .
member of adagp , he signed his works as : horacio cordero .
he died on june 12 , 2014 , just days before his 69th birthday , in the princess grace hospital of monaco after a long illness .
horacio cordero foundation is the only institution authorized by the artist to provide opinions or authenticity certificates of horacio cordero 's work .
at the present time , the foundation is preparing the artist 's catalogue raisonné : horacio cordero , paintings - sculptures .
