Elmina Moisan (1897-1938) was a Chilean painter remembered in the historiography as part of the

Generación del 13 Generación del 13 (Generación del Trece; The 13 Generation) was Chile's first painter collective. Its name derives from the year 1913, after a joint exhibition was held at the ''Salon'' of the Chilean newspaper ''El Mercurio'' in the preceding ...

. She has been called the "female artist who has painted the best in Chile"."Bellas Artes. Exposición retrospectiva de La Alhambra". ''La Nación''. 29 December 1951.

Biography

Elmina Moisan was born in Quillota, 1897. Of French descent, Moisan entered the School of Fine Arts in 1912, being a student of the Spanish painter Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza and Ricardo Richon Brunet. After receiving her teaching degree with a major in visual arts, she taught at the Liceo de Chicas N ° 4 in Santiago. Her works are mainly portraits, scenes of customs, landscapes and still lifes made with a subtle and quite personal style. Her painting, ''La coqueta'' (1916), won the first medal in the official salon of Santiago, in 1919. She married the painter Otto Georgi in 1926, who was also a member of the Generación del 13.

Death and legacy

In 1938, the government of Chile invited Moisan to exhibit and study in Lima, Peru. During her trip, she contracted malaria, a situation that forced her to return to Chile where, after a month of illness, she died in the city of Santiago. The city of Rancagua,

O'Higgins Region The Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region ( es, Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, ), often shortened to O'Higgins Region ( es, Región de O'Higgins), is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It is subdi ...

, a street bears the name of Elmina Moisan.

Selected works in public collections

* ''Interior'', Óleo sobre tela, 115 x 90 cm. 1926. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago de Chile. * ''La coqueta'', Óleo sobre tela, 53 x 62 cm. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago de Chile. * ''Cabeza de vieja'', Óleo sobre tela, 40 x 36 cm. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago de Chile. * ''Desnudo'', Óleo sobre tela, 66 x 44 cm. Pinacoteca Universidad de Concepción.

Awards

* 1936 - First Prize, Official Hall of Santiago. * 1929 - Gold Medal, Ibero-American Exhibition in Seville. * 1923 - Portrait Award, Official Hall of Santiago. * 1920 - Second Medal in Drawing, Official Hall of Santiago. * 1919 - First Medal, Official Hall of Santiago. * 1919 - Prize of Honor, Certamen Edwards, Santiago. * 1916 - Second Medal, Official Hall of Santiago. * 1916 - Customs Award, Certamen Edwards, Santiago.

References

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