Augusto Eguiluz
Augusto Eguiluz Delon (born January 7, 1893 in Santiago de Chile , † April 1969 there ) was a Chilean painter.
Eguiluz attended painting courses at the Royal Academy of Arts in London between 1911 and 1913 . In Chile he took lessons from Arturo Gordon and studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes with Juan Francisco González . He was influenced by French Impressionism and joined the avant-garde Grupo Montparnasse around Isaías Cabezón , José Perotti , Camilo Mori , Henriette Petit and the brothers Julio and Manuel Ortiz de Zárate .
With a group of students and teachers from the Escuela de Bellas Artes , known as the Generación del Veintiocho , he traveled to Paris in 1928 and studied the technique of stained glass at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière . After his return to Chile he taught at the Escuela de Bellas Artes . Among his students were artists such as Ximena Cristi and Sergio Montecino .
Eguiluz 'works are owned by the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes , the Museo de Arte Contempráneo of the Universidad de Chile and the Pinacoteca of the Universidad de Concepción . Retrospectives of his works were held by the Universidad de Chile (1970), the Chilean Ministry of Education (1975) and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (1994).
Web links
- Artistas Visuales Chilenos - Augusto Eguiluz
- Portal de Arte - Augusto Eguiluz
- msn biografías - Eguiluz, Augusto (1893-1969)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eguiluz, Augusto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eguiluz Delon, Augusto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de Chile |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1969 |
| Place of death | Santiago de Chile |