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Julio Escámez
Julio Escámez Carrasco (November 15, 1925 – December 23, 2015) was a Chilean painter, Engraving, engraver and Mexican muralism, muralist. His work includes numerous frescoes, oil paintings and engravings (lithography, woodcut and etching) produced both in Chile and abroad. He also designed scenography and made costumes for various ballet works, and had an outstanding career as a book illustrator from diverse writers, including the poet Pablo Neruda, whom he met personally. Along with other renowned painters such as Gregorio de la Fuente, with whom he collaborated in his youth for the creation of the mural ''Historia de Concepción'', he belonged to the school of muralists of Chile. Biography Studies in Chile and abroad While still a teenager, he began his painting studies at the Adolfo Berchenko Academy of Fine Arts, located in Concepción, Chile, Concepción, where he was also initiated in the performing arts. In 1943 he was chosen from among the different students of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antihuala
Antihuala or Antiguala,(mapudungum: ''anti'': sun; ''huala'': duck.) is a town in the Los Álamos commune of the Arauco Province, Bío Bío Region, of Chile. On February 5, 1558, during the Arauco War, Pedro de Avendaño with sixty men captured the Mapuche Caupolicán lonco of Pilmaiquén and the Mapuche Gran Toqui nearby Antihuala encamped with a small band of followers. He was taken back to Cañete, where its corregidor Alonso de Reinoso tried him for rebellion and executed him by impalement Impalement, as a method of torture and execution, is the penetration of a human by an object such as a stake, pole, spear, or hook, often by the complete or partial perforation of the torso. It was particularly used in response to "crimes aga .... Geography of Biobío Region {{Biobío-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
