The National Prize of Art of

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 ...

, was created on November 9, 1942. It was awarded yearly since 1944 and alternated the mention among

Painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

Sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable ...

Music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

and

Theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

. In 1992, it was replaced by the National Prizes of Plastic Arts, Musical Arts and Arts of the Representation and Audiovisual, respectively. List of prizewinners with the National Prize of Art: * 1944 - Pablo Burchard Eggeling - Painting * 1945 - Pedro Humberto Allende - Music * 1946 - Alejandro Flores Pinaud - Theatre * 1947 - Pedro Reszka Moreau - Painting * 1948 - Enrique Soro Barriga - Music * 1949 - Rafael Frontaura de la Fuente - Theatre * 1949 - Laura Rodig - Painting * 1950 - Camilo Mori Serrano - Painting * 1951 - Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson - Music * 1952 -

Pedro de la Barra Pedro de la Barra (October 23, 1912 - July 6, 1977) was a Chilean theatre director. He won the National Prize of Art of Chile in 1952. References 1912 births 1977 deaths University of Chile alumni Chilean theatre directors Death in Car ...

- Theatre * 1953 - José Perotti Ronzoni - Sculpture * 1954 - Próspero Bisquertt Prado - Music * 1955 - Américo Vargas Vergara - Theatre * 1956 - José Caracci Vignatti - Painting * 1957 -

Alfonso Leng Alfonso Leng Haygus (11 February 1884 – 11 November 1974) was a post-romantic composer of classical music. He was born in Santiago, Chile. He wrote the first important symphonic work in Chilean tradition, "La Muerte de Alcino", a symphoni ...

- Music * 1958 - Jorge Quevedo Troncoso - Theatre * 1959 -

Benito Rebolledo Correa Benito Rebolledo Correa (August 2, 1880 – June 29, 1964) was a Chilean painter. He won the National Prize of Art of Chile in 1959. References 1880 births 1964 deaths People from Curicó University of Chile alumni Chilean male painters ...

- Painting * 1960 -

Acario Cotapos Baeza Acario Cotapos Baeza (April 30, 1889 - November 22, 1969) was a Chilean composer. He won the National Prize of Art of Chile in 1960. References 1889 births 1969 deaths People from Valdivia Chilean male composers Members of the Internati ...

- Music * 1961 - José Rojas Ibarra - Theatre * 1962 - Not awarded * 1963 - Not awarded * 1964 - Samuel Román Rojas - Sculpture * 1965 - Carlos Isamitt Alarcón - Music * 1966 - Pedro Sienna - Theatre * 1967 - Laureano Ladrón de Guevara - Painting * 1968 - Alfonso Letelier - Music * 1969 - Ana González - Theatre * 1970 - Marta Colvin - Sculpture * 1971 - Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt - Music * 1972 - Agustín Siré Sinobas - Music * 1973 - Not awarded * 1974 - Ana Cortés - Painting * 1975 - Not awarded * 1976 - Jorge Urrutia Blondel - Music * 1977 - Not awarded * 1978 - Pedro Mortheiru Salgado - Theatre * 1979 - Carlos Pedraza Olguín - Painting * 1980 - Víctor Tevah Tellias - Music * 1981 - Fernando Debesa Marín - Theatre * 1982 - Mario Carreño Morales - Painting * 1983 -

Claudio Arrau Claudio Arrau León (; February 6, 1903June 9, 1991) was a Chilean pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and B ...

- Music * 1984 - Ernst Uthoff Biefang - Ballet * 1985 - Israel Roa Villagra - Painting * 1986 - Federico Heinlein - Music * 1988 - Silvia Piñeiro Rodríguez - Theatre * 1990 -

Roberto Matta Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren (; November 11, 1911 – November 23, 2002), better known as Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art. Bio ...

- Painting

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