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Two days after his 89th birthday, Cesáreo
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paintings which became his best-known works, and which he exhibited and sold world-wide; his professional success was marred, however, by the loss of his daughter
Carlota in the late 1920s. Purchasing a 260-hectare (650-acre) estancia near Paraná in 1938, he changed his focus towards
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was presented to the artist in 1898, though his father's own objection to the award resulted in its cancellation (Juan de Quirós, who had been recently elected
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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
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region, became alarmed at the boy's poor attendance record at school and, following his wife's 1895 death, enrolled his son in a
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had 72 of his works added to his
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in 1899, entitling him to a three-year apprenticeship in the academy's Roman affiliate. He then relocated to
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in Entre Ríos
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among
Argentina's conservative clientele. María Antonelli, an unhappily married 18-year-old resident of
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collection of his works; another significant collection was established near
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The setback proved to be temporary, however, and Cesáreo earned the Rome Prize from the
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Biennale in 1951, and in 1960 married Yole
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allowed de Quirós to purchase a large atelier facing the
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