Inés Puyó León (December 9, 1906 – March 21, 1996) was a Chilean painter and teacher. She taught at the Instituto Chileno Italiano (Chilean Italian Institute) in

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for many years. Themes in her artwork included

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, flowers, religious imagery, and the seascapes of

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Biography

Inés Puyó León was born on December 9, 1906, in

, Chile. She studied at the Escuela de Bella Artes de Santiago from 1927 to 1928, under

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and Ricardo Richon Brunet. On a scholarship from the Chilean government, Puyó traveled to France in 1930. She studied at the

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in Paris, under Henry de Warroquier,

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, and

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. In the 1930s she continued her training in New York City, under

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. After returning to Chile, she joined the avant-garde

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. Puyó took an enamel on metals class at the Escuela de Artes Aplicadas in Santiago, under José Perotti. From 1950 to 1960 she was a professor at the Instituto Chileno Italiano (Chilean Italian Institute). She was awarded a seat in the Academia Chilena de Bellas Artes (or Chilean Academy of Fine Arts; 1983). She died on March 21, 1996 in Santiago. Puyó's works can be found in public collections, including at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, the

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, the Pinacoteca of the

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, and the Museo Minicipal de Bellas Artes in Viña del Mar, among others.

References

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