Background
DEL CAMPO, Cupertino was born on November 1, 1873 in Buenos Aires. Son of Cupertino del Campo and Ana Gutiérrez.
Argentine physician and painter
DEL CAMPO, Cupertino was born on November 1, 1873 in Buenos Aires. Son of Cupertino del Campo and Ana Gutiérrez.
Physician of the Children’s Hospital. At various times secretary, medical inspector, and provisional director of the School Medical Corps of the National Council of Education. Secretary of the Faculty of Medical Sciences.
Professor in the Liceo Nacional de Señoritas.
Director of the Sub-Secretariat of Sanitary Administration. Secretary and president of the National Commission of Fine Arts.
Member of the jury of the National Salon. Organizer of art lectures in the National Museum and Argentine art expositions in Argentina and foreign countries.
Argentine representative to the Biennial Exposition of Venice, Italy, 1922.
Made a survey of the museums and academies of fine arts in the principal European cities, 1922. In the United States, 1928-1930. Representative of the Instituto Cultural Argentino Norteamericano to the American Academy of Arts and Letters of New York, 1930.
Founder and director-general of the Argentine Academy of Fine Arts, 1930.
Principal Works: Various paintings in the National Museum of Buenos Aires, Provincial Museum of Santa Fe, and in the Royal Gallery of the Quirinal, Rome.
Instituto Cultural Argentino Norteamericano. Academia Argentina de Bellas Letras. Instituto Popular de Conferencias (member of the Board of Directors).
