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Ricardo
Rocambole Cohen

born in 1943

Biography and information

Ricardo Cohen, better known as Rocambole is an Argentine plastic artist, graphic designer and professor of Fine Arts. In the late 1960s he was one of the founders of La Cofradía de la Flor Solar, a musical undertaking carried out in the city of La Plata. Under the pseudonym Rocambole, he was the creator of the graphic part of Patricio Rey and his Redonditos de Ricota (cover art of all the discs, posters and tickets) .In addition, he is in charge of drawing the logo for the last 5 editions of the Cosquín Rock Festival. His pseudonym comes from a French folletin published in the late 19th century called "The Exploits of Rocambole" and read by Cohen as a child