Charles Pellegrini
Charles Pellegrini | |
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 Charles Pellegrini with his eldest children, Julia and Carlos | |
| Born | 28 July 1800 Chambéry, Savoy, present-day France |
| Died | 12 October 1875 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | Italian and Argentine |
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Charles Henri Pellegrini (28 July 1800 – 12 October 1875) was an
Life and work
Charles Henri Pellegrini was born in
Pellegrini was contracted as an engineer by
He then returned to his early talent, drawing, and sold a number of
He married María Bevans Bright in 1841, and the couple had four children.
Following the overthrow of Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas in 1852, Pellegrini returned to Buenos Aires, founded the Revista del Plata (1853), and received numerous contracts as an engineer and architect. The most notable of his works in this latter field was the Colón Theatre. The 2,500 seat opera house, inaugurated in 1857, would be the largest in Argentina until the inaugural of the modern Colón Theatre in 1908.[3]
Pellegrini published a volume of poetry in his later years. He died in Buenos Aires in 1875, at age 75. His eldest son,
Works
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Slaughter yard, watercolour, 1829. -
Plaza de la Victoria, watercolour, 1829. -
Don Manuel Bernardino, watercolour. -
Teatro Colón, sketch. -
Doña Lucía Carranza de Rodríguez Orey, watercolour. -
Buenos Aires view, watercolour.
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References
- ^ "Carlos Pellegrini el 'suizo' que gobernó Argentina" (in Spanish). Swiss Info.
- ^ a b "Carlos Enrique Pellegrini Berthet" (in Spanish). Genealogía Faniliar.
- ^ a b c d e De la Croix-Riche Chanet, C.R. Franceses en el Río de la Plata y el Atlántico Sur, 1526-1876. Buenos Aires: Megalibros Editores, 2004.
- ^ "El retratista de la Gran Aldea". Clarín (in Spanish).
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