Manuel Musto
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Manuel Musto was an impressionist painter. Born September 16, 1893 in Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....

, Argentina
Argentina
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. Disciple of Ferrucio Pagni at the Academia Fomento de las Artes. In 1914 Musto travels to Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

, Italy
Italy
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 with Augusto Schiavonni, another representative of the Fine Arts in the Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....

. Soon after knowing of his father's death Musto returns to Argentina only to resume his travels shortly thereafter completing his learning experience in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. His style as a painter is very much influenced by the Italian School of the 19th century, bucolic scenes of the country side, life in the fields, flowers... The bulk of his work is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Rosario. The house where he resided is today home of the art school that honors his legacy and name. Manuel Musto died at age 47 on September 12, 1940.
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