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of visual artists from, or associated with,

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* Arturo Pacheco Altamirano (1903–1978), painter * Graciela Aranis (1908-1996), painter *

Claudia Aravena Claudia Aravena Abughosh (born 21 October 1968) is a Chilean visual artist, curator, short filmmaker, and professor who has worked mainly in the field of contemporary art. Life and work Claudia Aravena studied graphic design at University ARCI ...

(born 1968), artist, curator, filmmaker, and professor * Ximena Armas (born 1946), painter

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* José Balmes (1927–2016), painter * Gracia Barrios (1927-2020), painter * Catalina Bauer (born 1976), visual artist * Joan Belmar (born 1970), visual artist * Samy Benmayor (born 1956), painter *

Claudio Bravo Claudio Andrés Bravo Muñoz (; born 13 April 1983) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Betis and captains the Chile national team. He started playing with Colo-Colo and moved to Real Sociedad ...

(1936–2011),

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Roser Bru Roser Bru Llop (15 February 1923 – 26 May 2021) was a Spanish-born Chilean painter and engraver associated with the neo-figurative art movement. Biography Roser Bru was born in Barcelona in 1923. The following year her family went into exil ...

(1923–2021), painter and engraver * Pablo Burchard (1875–1964), painter

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* Celia Castro (1860–1930), painter * Carlos Catasse (1944-2010), painter * Santos Chávez (1934–2001), printmaker * Marta Colvin (1907–1995), sculptor * Adolfo Couve (1940–1998), artist and writer * Eugenio Cruz Vargas (1923–2014), painter and poet

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* Juan Davila (born 1946), artist *

Emma Formas de Dávila Emma Formas de Dávila (born 1883) was a Chilean artist. She was born in Santiago and was educated at the Sacred Hearts' School. She was interested in art from her early youth, and in 1910, her desire to paint led her to enter the School of Fine A ...

(1883–1959), painter *

Marcela Donoso Marcela Donoso Concha (Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the 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 region, the ...

(born 1961), painter *

Juan Downey Juan Downey (May 11, 1940 – June 9, 1993) was a Chilean artist who was a pioneer in the fields of video art and interactive art. Early life and education Downey was born in Santiago, Chile. His father, David Downey V., was a distinguished ar ...

(1940–1993), video artist

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José Tomás Errázuriz José Tomás Errázuriz Urmeneta (November, 1856 – 1 April 1927) was a Chilean landscape painter and diplomat. Biography He was born in Santiago, the son of Maximiano Errázuriz Valdivieso and of Amalia Urmeneta Quiroga. He studied painting at ...

(1856–1927), landscape painter and diplomat *

Virginia Errázuriz Maria Virginia Errázuriz Guilisasti, also known as Virginia Errázuriz, (born 1941 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean painter, professor, printmaker and draftsperson. Biography Errázuriz studied at University of Chile (1961–1965) and Universi ...

(born 1941), painter

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* Freddy Flores Knistoff (1948–), painter and writer

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* Lily Garafulic (1914–2012), sculptor * Teresa Gazitúa (born 1941), painter * Álvaro Guevara (1894–1951), painter * Liliana Wilson Grez (born 1953), painter

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Laila Havilio Laila Havilio (born 1960) is a sculptor from Santiago, Chile. She is a Chilean sculptor working in wood, stone, bronze, cement, and ceramic. Born in Recoleta, Chile in April 1960, she moved to Buenos Aires Argentina at the age of 10. From 1980 to ...

(born 1960), sculptor

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(1849–1940), painter *

Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente was a Chilean architect and painter (1931 in Valparaíso, Chile – 2008 in Santiago, Chile). After finishing his studies of architecture at the Catholic University of Valparaiso, Jullian left his country for Eur ...

(1931–2008), architect and painter

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* Pedro Lira (1845–1912), painter

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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 ...

(1911–2002), painter * Rebeca Matte (1875–1929), sculptor * Mariana Matthews (born 1946), photographer, curator, and visual artist * Carlos Maturana (born 1953), artist * Elmina Moisan (1897-1938), painter * Camilo Mori (1896–1973), painter * Pedro Olmos Muñoz (1911-1991), painter

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Manuel Ortiz de Zárate Manuel Ortiz de Zárate Pinto (October 9, 1887 – October 28, 1946) was a Chilean painter, born in Italy and raised in Chile. He was active from 1902 to 1945, in Paris and in Italy. Biography Born as Manuel Revuelta Ortiz de Zárate Pinto ...

(1887–1946), painter

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* Catalina Parra (born 1940), photomontage artist * Matilde Pérez (1916–2014), kinetic artist *

Henriette Petit Henriette Petit (pseudonym of Ana Enriqueta Petit Marfan; March 3, 1894 - December 9, 1983), was a Chilean painter, member of the Grupo Montparnasse, of which she was a co-founder. Biography Ana Enriqueta Petit Marfan was born in Santiago, March ...

(1894-1983), painter * Christiane Pooley (born 1983), visual artist * Dora Puelma (1898-1972), Chilean painter, sculptor

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* Laura Rodig (1901-1972) painter, sculptor, illustrator, educator * José Manuel Ramírez Rosales (1804–1877), painter and entrepreneur * Alejandra Ruddoff (born 1960), sculptor

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* Cosme San Martín (1850–1906), painter and art teacher * Kamal Siegel (born 1978), digital artist * Pablo Siebel (born 1954), painter * Carlos Sotomayor (1911-1988),

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painter * Francisca Sutil (born 1952), painter

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* Cecilia Vicuña (born 1948) * Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña (1854–1937), painter and diplomat

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