The history of Benito Quinquela

He was born on march in 1890Benito Quinquela Martín lived in La Boca He was adopted at the age of six by Manuel Chinchella and Justina Molina He was an Argentina painter.He died on January 28 in 1977.

There are his famous paitings

He is Quinquela Martín

When he was a teenager he started to paint in his free time.He worked with his adoptate father of discharge peon.Many of his pantings were inspired by the work in the port La Boca.

The museum of Argentina artists “Quinquela” is located in the neighborhood of La Boca.

The life of Benito Quinquela

Benito quit school in 3rd grade, because he had to a deliver coal from the coal-yard

As a child he used to draw on the floor with a piece of coal

He was a coaler and then he became a painter, since then, colors were his life and devoted to his passion for painting thus forgetting the darkness of his childhood.