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Antonio Smith (artist)
Miguel Antonio Smith Irisarri (29 September 1832 – 24 May 1877) was a Chilean landscape painter, engraver, caricaturist and art teacher. Biography His father, Jorge, was a native of Scotland and served as the consul in Santiago. His mother, Carmen, was the daughter of independence leader Antonio José de Irisarri and the sister of poet Hermógenes Irisarri. His family wanted him to be a lawyer. With his own money, he purchased brushes and paints, but they were thrown away. He continued to insist so vehemently that, in 1849, his family gave in and allowed him to study at the new Academy of Painting (Santiago, Chile), founded by President Manuel Bulnes. His first teacher there was the Director, an Italian-born artist named Alejandro Ciccarelli, who worked to instil the Academic style in his students.Brief biography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memoria Chilena
''Memoria Chilena'' (Spanish for ''Chilean Memory'') is a Chilean cultural website which, according to its own words, "offers investigations and documents related to key topics which make up the Chilean identity, accessible through the areas of history, literature, social sciences, music, and visual arts." ''Memoria Chilena'' is, also, a virtual library, which preserves material from the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile and other institutions from the Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos (DIBAM). History The original idea of ''Memoria Chilena'' was conceived in 2001. The website states that, "until now, our objective has been to spread through the Internet the cultural heritage of Chile, contributing to the recuperation, preservation and strengthening of our historic memory." Organization ''Memoria Chilena'' organizes its material through topic sites (sitios temáticos), which "approach processes, events, people or relevant works from the Chilean cultural and historic imaginary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohemianism
Bohemianism is the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people and with few permanent ties. It involves musical, artistic, literary, or spiritual pursuits. In this context, bohemians may be wanderers, adventurers, or vagabonds. Bohemian is a 19th-century historical and literary topos that places the milieu of young metropolitan artists and intellectuals—particularly those of the Latin Quarter in Paris—in a context of poverty, hunger, appreciation of friendship, idealization of art and contempt for money. Based on this topos, the most diverse real-world subcultures are often referred to as "bohemian" in a figurative sense, especially (but by no means exclusively) if they show traits of a precariat. This use of the word in the English language was imported from French ''La bohème'' in the mid-19th century and was used to describe the non-traditional lifestyles of artists, writers, journalists, musicians, and actors in major European c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1832 Births
Year 183 ( CLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Victorinus (or, less frequently, year 936 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 183 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * An assassination attempt on Emperor Commodus by members of the Senate fails. Births * January 26 – Lady Zhen, wife of the Cao Wei state Emperor Cao Pi (d. 221) * Hu Zong, Chinese general, official and poet of the Eastern Wu state (d. 242) * Liu Zan (Zhengming), Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 255) * Lu Xun Zhou Shuren (25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), better known by his pen name Lu Xun (or Lu Sun; ; Wade–Giles: Lu Hsün), was a Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary criti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Grez
Vicente Grez Yávar (21 January 1847 – 1 June 1909According this biographyon the website of the Library of the National Congress of Chile, Grez was born 21 January 1842 and died 28 May 1909.) was a Chilean politician, journalist, and writer. Family and education Vicente Grez Yávar was born in Santiago in 1847, the son of Manuel Grez and Manuela Yávar. He studied humanities at the National Institute after some elementary courses at San Luis College. He entered law school, but his literary interests led him to drop out. He married Mercedes Mulet on 4 February 1867 at the . They had one son. Journalistic and literary career Grez began his work in journalism in 1868 as editor of ''El Charivari'', a satirical political publication. He also collaborated, under various pseudonyms, on publications such as ''La Linterna del Diablo'', with caustic verses lampooning public figures. These early activities as a journalist shaped the rest of his life, leading to jobs as editor and publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cachapoal River
Cachapoal River is tributary river of the Rapel River in Chile located in the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region. The river gives its name to the Cachapoal Province. Cachapoal Valley The valley takes its name from the Cachapoal River that flows through Rapel Valley along with its tributaries, the Claro and Cortaderal rivers. All these watercourses flow into Rapel Lake. Cachapoal River begun to incise in the rising Andes in the Miocene epoch. Later, as glaciers developed in the Andes the upper part of the valley was glaciated and reshaped into a glacial valley. The climate of the valley is temperate and consistently Mediterranean, sheltered by the coastal range from the cooling influences of the Pacific Ocean. Wine The northern half of the great Rapel Valley has traditionally been known for its red wines, particularly Carménère, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot. These account for approximately 80% of the region's total production. The valley features diverse microcl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordillera
A cordillera is an extensive chain and/or network system of mountain ranges, such as those in the west coast of the Americas. The term is borrowed from Spanish, where the word comes from , a diminutive of ('rope'). The term is most commonly used in physical geography p. 687 (Encyclopedia Americana Corp., 1918): "It is used particularly in physical geography, although in geology also it is sometimes applied...." and is particularly applied to the various large |
Cosme San Martín
Cosme San Martín Lagunas (27 September 1849/1850, Valparaíso – 1 April 1906, Santiago) was a Chilean painter and the first Chilean-born Director of the Academy of Painting (Santiago, Chile).Biographical notes @ Artistas Plásticos Chilenos. Biography His father was a musician. In 1864, he went to Santiago to study at the Academia. His teachers included the school's Director, and Juan Mochi, who had a great influence on his style. Four years later, no older than nineteen, San Martín was named a Professor of drawing at the Academy.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onofre Jarpa
''Onofre'' is a genus of Brazilian jumping spiders that was first described by G. R. S. Ruiz & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2007. it contains only three species, found in the Amazon basin of Brazil: '' O. carnifex'', '' O. necator'', and '' O. sibilans''. They are related to members of '' Chira'', and the three species were described from the states of Mato Grosso and Pará Pará is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state) .... The generic name is a common man's name in Brazil. References Salticidae genera Endemic fauna of Brazil Salticidae Spiders of Brazil {{Jumping-spider-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Orrego Luco
Alberto Orrego Luco (20 April 1854 in Valparaíso – 2 June 1931 in Santiago de Chile, Santiago) was a Chilean Impressionism, Impressionist landscape painter and diplomat. Biography He was born to a family of wealthy farmers.Brief biography @ Portal de Arte. His younger brother, Luis Orrego Luco, Luis, also became a diplomat and was a popular novelist, among other achievements. He began his education at the English school of Mathews and Linacre. Later, due to economic problems, he was enrolled at the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera, Instituto Nacional, where he began painting. He had his first showing in 1872, at a competition celebrating the establishment of the Mercado Central de Santiago, organized by Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Lira
Pedro Francisco Lira Rencoret (17 May 1845, Santiago – 20 April 1912, Santiago) was a Chilean painter and art critic, who organized exhibitions that led to the establishment of the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. He is best known for his eclectic portraits of women. Biography He was born into a wealthy family and his father was José Santos Lira Calvo, Minister of the Court of Appeals. His primary education was received at the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera. Pursuing an interest in art, he enrolled at the Academy of Painting (Santiago, Chile), which was under the direction of Alejandro Ciccarelli, a noted Neoclassical painter from Italy.Brief biography @ MCN Biografías. In 1862, he found a position in the workshop of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma
Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma ( Valparaiso, 8 February 1856 – Villejuif, France, 27 October 1909), was one of Chile's best-known painters and one of the four artists known as the Great Chilean Masters. Biography He showed a talent and interest in art from an early age. At the age of twelve, he began attending the Academy of Painting (Santiago, Chile) where he learned from Ernesto Kirchbach and Juan Mochi. For the first few years he combined artistic training with the study of medicine. Between 1881 and 1885 he was awarded a scholarship from the Chilean Government to continue his art studies at the workshop of Benjamin Constant in Paris. He also took courses in anatomy at the Sorbonne, where he made contact with movements that would go on to revolutionise art history, like the Manet School. However, it was the work of the Spanish masters that he copied at the Louvre that made the deepest impression on him, and were more of an influence on his style. In 1887, for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Kirchbach
Ernst Sigismund Kirchbach, or Ernesto Kirchbach (23 April 1831, Meißen - 16 August 1876, Dresden) was a German history and portrait painter, who served as Director of the Academy of Painting (Santiago, Chile). Biography He studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts with Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, a painter of Biblical subjects. His first major work involved decorative paintings in the Rubens Hall at the Academy, done together with Carolsfeld. After the failure of the German revolutions of 1848–1849, he went into exile in London. There, he had his own workshop for five years; creating decorative works at what is now the Victoria and Albert Museum. He married one of his fellow exiles; Emma Schmitthenner-Stockhausen, a teacher from Rheinland. They had two sons; Wolfgang Kirchbach, Ernst Wolfgang, who became a writer, and Frank Kirchbach, Johann Frank, who followed in his father's footsteps as an artist. As soon as they could, they returned to Germany and settled in Dresd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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