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Chilean Artists
This is a list of notable of visual artists from, or associated with, Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a .... A * Arturo Pacheco Altamirano (1903–1978), painter * Graciela Aranis (1908-1996), painter * Claudia Aravena (born 1968), artist, curator, filmmaker, and professor * Ximena Armas (born 1946), painter B * José Balmes (1927–2016), painter * Gracia Barrios (1927-2020), painter * Catalina Bauer (born 1976), visual artist *Joan Belmar (born 1970), visual artist * Samy Benmayor (born 1956), painter * Claudio Bravo (painter), Claudio Bravo (1936–2011), hyper-realism painter * Roser Bru (1923–2021), painter and engraver * Pablo Burchard (1875–1964), painter C * Celia Castro (1860–1930), painter * Carlos Catasse (1944-2010), painter * Santos Chávez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARTIST
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the term is also often used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers (although less often for actors). "Artiste" (French for artist) is a variant used in English in this context, but this use has become rare. Use of the term "artist" to describe writers is valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts like used in criticism. Dictionary definitions The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines the older broad meanings of the term "artist": * A learned person or Master of Arts. * One who pursues a practical science, traditionally medicine, astrology, alchemy, chemistry. * A follower of a pursuit in which skill comes by study or practice. * A follower of a manual art, such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |