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Aurora Mira
Aurora Mira Mena (1863–1939) was a Chilean painter. Together with her elder sister Magdalena, she was one of the earliest recognized female painters not only in Chile but in the whole of Latin America. She was also one of the first women to graduate from the Santiago School of Painting. Biography Born in Santiago in 1863, Mira was the daughter of the painter Gregorio Mira Iñiguez and his wife Mercedes Mena Alviz. Raised in a well-to-do environment, she was introduced to painting by her father who had studied under the French painter Raymond Monvoisin, the first director of the Chilean School of Painting. She went on to study under the school's third director Juan Mochi at a time when it was quite unusual for women to undertake formal art studies. In contrast to her sister who specialized in portrait painting, Aurora Mira concentrated on still-lifes, especially flowers and fruit. Chilean society was even more taken aback when the two sisters began to exhibit in the salon of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean National Museum Of Fine Arts
The Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts ( es, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes or ), located in Santiago, Chile, is one of the major centers for Chilean art and for broader South American art. Established in 1880 (making it the oldest in South America), the organization is managed by the Artistic Union (). The current building, the Palace of the Fine Arts (), dates to 1910 and commemorates the first centennial of the Independence of Chile. It was designed by the Chilean architect Emile Jéquier in a full-blown Beaux-arts style and is situated in the Parque Forestal of Santiago. Behind it is located the Museum of Contemporary Art () of the University of Chile, in which is also located the old School of Fine Arts (). History The museum was officially founded on September 18, 1880, and originally named (National Painting Museum). The president of Chile, Don Aníbal Pinto, the minister Don Manuel García de la Huerta, Marcos Segundo Maturana and the sculptor José Miguel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Women Artists
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Chilean Painters
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Deaths
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. *** Philipp Etter took over as Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1863 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaims the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's four million slaves and immediately frees 50,000 of them, with the rest freed as Union armies advance. * January 2 – Lucius Tar Painting Master Company (''Teerfarbenfabrik Meirter Lucius''), predecessor of Hoechst, as a worldwide chemical manufacturing brand, founded in a suburb of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. * January 4 – The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany. * January 7 – In the Swiss canton of Ticino, the village of Bedretto is partly destroyed and 29 killed, by an avalanche. * January 8 ** The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is founded at the Adelphi Hotel, in Sheffield, England. ** American Civil War – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celia Castro
Celia Castro (1860, Valparaíso - 19 June 1930, Valparaíso) was a Chilean visual artist. Her style is generally associated with Realism. Biography Castro's artistic career was inspired from a meeting with the painter Manuel Antonio Caro who, after seeing her work, recommended she go to Santiago to study at the Academia de Pintura (es). She followed his advice and became a student of Pedro Lira.Brief biography @ Portal de Arte. Her first exhibition came in 1884, where she presented one of her best-known works, "Las Playeras" (Women on the Beach). In 1889, it won an award and was acquired by the . Thanks to this recognition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agustina Gutiérrez Salazar
Agustina Gutiérrez Salazar (San Fernando, Chile, San Fernando, 1851 - Santiago, Chile, September 4, 1886) was a Chilean painter and draftsman. She was the first student of the ''Painting Academy'' and the first teacher of plastic arts in her country. She obtained an important public recognition for her work as a portraitist of women of the high society of Valparaíso, according to what was reflected in the press of his time. Family and studies She was the daughter of José Antonio Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, born in the city of San Fernando, in the Colchagua (historical province), province of Colchagua, in the middle of a middle-class family, where her artistic gifts stood out as a child. At age 15 she moved to Santiago of Chile, Santiago with his father. She joined the Painting Academy in 1866. She is considered the ''first woman who drives feminine art''. In 1869, she was appointed by Alejandro Ciccarelli and, therefore, by the state of Chile, professor of drawing at the Painti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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