Horacio Cordero - The painter in Venice

Horacio Cordero
Le peintre a Venice
1983
gemengde techniek op papier in handbeschilderde lijst
82 x 68,5 cm
Horacio Rodolfo de Sosa Cordero (June 29, 1945 – June 12, 2014), 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 Onassis, 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 City, 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.