1944 : Luis Cohen Fusé was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, into a family of European roots. From an early age, he felt a great interest in drawing and a great fascination for the  Oriente , which led him to study ceramics and fine arts at  Escola de Belas Artes_cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ de  Mar del Plata , seaside town 400km away. of the Argentine capital where he spent his childhood and youth.

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1963: From this year onwards, he participates in numerous individual and collective exhibitions in Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Belgium, USA, Spain and Portugal. It also has an extensive tile work spread all over the world and mural painting.

 

1973: Graduates in architecture at the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires and alternates his studies with his work as an artist and figure and scenography designer for various dance and theater companies. He made an end-of-career trip to   Europe and  decides to settle in  Barcelona , where he chooses his full dedication to his artistic work at the expense of architecture. There, he studied engraving and lithography at  Escola de Belas Artes  and interacted with the great Spanish painters of the time. He met a  Salvador Dalí  , from whom he received valuable advice that marked him in his professional career.

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1976: Adopts dual Spanish-Argentine nationality.

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1980 : In this decade he installs his studio at  Madrid .

 

1982 : He is invited to come to  Portugal  and falls in love with the light and colors of  Estoril, where he lived since then until his death in July 2019.

 

1988: Signs a contract with Vorpal Gallery and has exhibitions in the USA, especially in New York and San Francisco and also no  Canada  .

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2019: Death on the 4th of July, in Estoril, Portugal.

 

Most important exhibitions held in  Portugal :

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2003 : Palácio da Ajuda , em  Lisbon (he was the first foreign artist to be invited to exhibit there): “A look at the Palace”, which represents his reinterpretation of interior and exterior spaces (Garden Botanical) of the Palace;

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2008: Instituto Cervantes

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2012: Fundação Don Luis, em  Cascais , “Dream Instincts”

2015: Museu do Oriente de Lisboa “Namban: Retrospective”, with the exhibition of more than 40 works.