Herminia Arrate Explained

Herminia Arrate Ramírez
Office:First Lady of Chile
Term Label:In role
Term Start:June 16, 1932
Term End:September 13, 1932
Predecessor:Graciela Fehrman Martínez
Successor:Rosa Ester Rodríguez Velasco
President:Carlos Dávila
Birth Name:Herminia Arrate Ramírez
Birth Date:July 1, 1895
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Death Place:Santiago, Chile
Nationality:Chilean
Occupation:Painter

Herminia Arrate Ramírez (July 1, 1895 – March 12, 1941) was a painter and First Lady of Chile as wife of President Carlos Dávila Espinoza.

Biography

She was born in Santiago, Chile, daughter of Colonel Miguel Arrate Larraín and Delia Ramírez Molina, and granddaughter of Eleuterio Ramírez, a Pacific War 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. In 1927, she traveled to Europe. She married Carlos Dávila Espinoza, a journalist, ambassador and President of Chile in 1932. She died in Santiago in 1941.

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