Herminia Arrate Ramírez (July 1, 1895 – March 12, 1941) was a

painter 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 ...

and

First Lady of Chile The First Lady of Chile ( es, Primera Dama de Chile) is the title for the wife of the president of Chile, who is traditionally responsible for directing and coordinating activities in the social field of the presidency and also accompany the presi ...

as wife of

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Biography

She was born in

Santiago, Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital (political), capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated Regions of Chile, region, t ...

, 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 During the War of the Pacific, Ramírez had obtained the rank of l ...

, a

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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

, a journalist, ambassador and President of Chile in 1932. She died in Santiago in 1941.

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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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