Academy of Painting (Santiago, Chile) explained

Academy of Painting, Santiago
Native Name:Academia de Pintura
Address:Santiago, Chile
Former Names:School of Fine Arts of Santiago, Escuela de Bellas Artes
Schooltype:Fine art school
Established:March 17, 1849

Academy of Painting, also known as the School of Fine Arts of Santiago (de Santiago), was a Chilean art school, founded on March 17, 1849 in Santiago, Chile.[1] [2] [3] The school produced many works for the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts, where it once was located.[4] [5] In 1932, it merged with and is now known as the Department of Visual Arts within the Arts Faculty, University of Chile.

History

The creation of the Academy of Painting was part of the educational plan of President Manuel Bulnes.[6] The academy was originally located in the building belonging to the San Felipe University, in what is today the Municipal Theatre of Santiago. The school name changed to Escuela de Bellas Artes from 1891 until 1932. Various changes led the academy to merge with the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts in 1910, and then later to hand its administration over to the University of Chile in 1932.

The Academy of Painting would produce the country of Chile's first national artists. Despite the significance of the academy, some art historians criticized the early period (1849 to 1915) as one of the dullest in the history of Chilean art and have based their criticism on first Director Alejandro Ciccarelli's attempt to copy the European model of teaching art.

Notable people

It would be the starting point for some of the most prominent Chilean painters, including the four great masters of Chilean painting, Pedro Lira, Juan Francisco González, Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma,[7] and Alberto Valenzuela Llanos; their pupils; and also the future “Generación del 13” (13 Generation) painting collective.[8] Notable academy students included Antonio Smith, Elisa Berroeta, Cosme San Martín, Onofre Jarpa, and Manuel Antonio Caro.[9]

Directors

The academy's early Directors were Europeans, the Neapolitan artist Alejandro Ciccarelli;[10] the German artist Ernst Kirchbach; and the Florentine Giovanni "Juan" Mochi. The first Chilean to hold the Director position was Cosme San Martín.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Romera, Antonio . Historia de la Pintura Chilena . Editorial Del Pacific S. A. . 1976 . Santiago.
  2. Web site: Academia de Pintura - Artistas Visuales Chilenos . 2022-06-29 . Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.
  3. Book: Vázquez, Oscar E. . Academies and Schools of Art in Latin America . 2020-05-28 . Routledge . 978-1-351-18753-4 . en.
  4. Web site: Schell . Patience A. . Relics and Selves: Iconographies of the National in Argentina, Brazil and Chile, 1880-1890, High Art and High Ideals: The Museo Nacional de Pintura and the Development of Art in Chile, 1870-1890 . 2022-06-29 . University of London, Birkbeck.
  5. Ripamonti Montt . Valentina . 2010 . Academia de Pintura en Chile: Anhelo de Cambio y Tradición Republicana . Intus-Legere Historia . 4 . 1 . 127–156.
  6. Web site: Academia de Pintura (1849-) . 2022-06-30 . Memoria Chilena: Portal . Memoria Chilena, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile (National Heritage Service) . es.
  7. Web site: Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma - Artistas Visuales Chilenos . 2022-06-30 . Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.
  8. Web site: Generación del 13 - Artistas Visuales Chilenos . 2022-06-30 . Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.
  9. Book: Ramírez . Verónica . Antología Crítica de Mujeres en la Prensa Chilena del Siglo XIX . Romo . Manuel . Ulloa . Carla . Ñuñoa . 2017 . 978-9562609821 . es . Critical Anthology of Women in the Chilean Press 19th century.
  10. Web site: Alessandro Ciccarelli - Artistas Visuales Chilenos . 2022-06-30 . Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.
  11. Web site: Cosme San Martín - Artistas Visuales Chilenos, AVCh, MNBA . 2022-06-30 . Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.
  12. Web site: Schell . Patience A. . Relics and Selves: Iconographies of the National in Argentina, Brazil and Chile, 1880-1890, Pedro Lira, Painter and Critic . 2022-06-30 . University of London, Birkbeck.
  13. Web site: Virginio Arias . 2022-06-30 . Portal de Arte (Portal of Art) . 2022-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221222101342/http://www.portaldearte.cl/autores/arias.htm . dead .
  14. Web site: 2018 . Memorias de Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor . 2022-06-30 . SciELO - Scientific electronic library online . Universum . es . 0718-2376.

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