Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós [SEP] date of death
Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós
Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós (May 27, 1879May 29, 1968) was an Argentine painter of the post-impressionist school.
Life and work.
De Quirós was born in Gualeguay, Entre Ríos Province, in 1879. He began to paint at age eight, and shortly afterwards, created a facial composite sketch that resulted in a fugitive criminal's apprehension. De Quirós was a restless student, and often skipped classes to spend time among the area's gauchos; during one such opportunity,
Plata, Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo. Rocamora was also the official founder of Gualeguaychú and Concepción del Uruguay and the one who named the province "Entre Ríos" ("Between Rivers"). The new village received the name of San Antonio de Gualeguay because it was under the protection of St. Anthony.
Gualeguay was the birthplace of post-impressionist painter Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós and anthropologist Juan Bautista Ambrosetti (both among the best-known Argentines in their fields), as well as Jorge Burruchaga, a football