Education
Born in Turin into an upper-middle-class family, she was not allowed to attend the Academy, considered at the time “not suitable for young women”. Nevertheless she studied painting privately with Cesare Ferro.
Born in Turin into an upper-middle-class family, she was not allowed to attend the Academy, considered at the time “not suitable for young women”. Nevertheless she studied painting privately with Cesare Ferro.
Cocito begun at the Promotrice delle Belle Arti (Promoter of Fine Arts) in Turin in 1911, with Portrait of a Lady, where she will exhibit several times in the course of time. As an illustrator she engaged mainly in books for children such as Andersen’s tales, Il fanciullo di Galilea (The child of Galilee) and Credere (Believe). She died in Turin on 1 July 1971.