Chilean Painters

Artists dedicated to painting in Chile have been fruitful. The best known painters were formed studying and having the advice of great european masters.
State policy concerning the culture of the country, was driven to be manifestly in the 1830s. However, chilean painting began developing several years later.
From the second half of the nineteenth century and thanks to the visit of foreign featured painters, this art began to be considered important for the chilean cultural heritage. Several teachers at that time created their paintings in the country, and also, as academics, were integrated in the different schools of fine arts.
Mentioned is german Johann Moritz Rugendas, who served about 10 years in Chile and french famous Raymond Monvoisin.

The government began its contribution in 1849, achieving presence in Chile of Alejandro Ciccarelli Manzoni, italian professor, director for two decades of the Chilean Academy of Fine Arts .
Important were the english painter Thomas Somerscales who painted scenes of the pacific war and large number of chilean landscapes. Also, lived and worked in Chile, the american artist James Whistler.
At the end of the first century chilean painters emerged. Two artists of the time, were relevant well known pioneers: Ramón Subercaseaux and Onofre Jarpa.
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Chilean painting finally consolidated in the twentieth century with the emergence of a vast number of artists that have manifested through various styles. Below find a sample of representative chilean painters. dr.croxwell