Herminia Arrate Ramírez (July 1, 1895 – March 12, 1941) was a
painter
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and
First Lady of Chile
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as wife of
President
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Carlos Dávila Espinoza
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.
Biography
She was born in
Santiago, Chile
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, daughter of Colonel
Miguel Arrate Larraín and
Delia Ramírez Molina, and granddaughter of
Eleuterio Ramírez
Eleuterio Ramírez Molina (18 April 1837 – 27 November 1879) was a Chilean lieutenant colonel. He founded the ''Foro Militar'' military newspaper in 1871.
Battle of Tarapacá
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, a
Pacific War
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hero (Tarapacá's campaign). Since her childhood, she had been interested in the arts, especially painting, being a disciple of
Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor and
Pablo Burchard
Pablo Burchard (November 4, 1875 – July 13, 1964) was a Chilean painter. His father was German architect Teodoro Burchard Haeberle, who arrived in Chile around 1855, and introduced the Gothic style, and his mother was María (Sofía) Luisa Egg ...
. In 1927, she traveled to Europe. She married
Carlos Dávila Espinoza
Carlos may refer to:
Places
;Canada
* Carlos, Alberta, a locality
;United States
* Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community
* Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County
* Carlos, Minnesota, a small city
* Carlos, West Virginia
;Elsewhere ...
, a journalist, ambassador and President of Chile in 1932. She died in Santiago in 1941.
External links
*
Herminia Arrate's biography
1895 births
1941 deaths
First ladies of Chile
Artists from Santiago
Chilean women painters
20th-century Chilean painters
20th-century Chilean women artists
Arrate Arrate is a surname of Basque origins. Notable people with the surname include:
* Herminia Arrate (1895–1941), Chilean painter and First Lady of Chile
*Jorge Arrate
Jorge Félix Arrate Mac Niven (born May 1, 1941 in Santiago) is a Chilean la ...
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