Juan Mochi (painter)
Juan Mochi ( Giovanni Mochi ; * 1831 in Florence , † 1892 in Santiago de Chile ) was an Italian painter.
Mochi completed his training as a painter in his hometown of Florence. He later went to Rome, where he met the Chilean writer and diplomat Ángel Custodio Gallo . When he settled in Paris after the Franco-German War, Gallo introduced him to the circle of Chilean personalities living there, including Juan Guillermo Gallo , Luis Dávila Larraín and the painter Pedro Lira . The Chilean ambassador Alberto Blest-Gana finally won him over to teach at the Academia de Pintura in Santiago.
In 1876 he came to Chile and succeeded Ernst Kirchbach as director of the academy. He held this position until 1883. In addition to Marcos Segundo Maturana and José Miguel Blanco , he became a member of the organizing committee of the Museo Nacional de Pintura , whose first director he was from 1880 to 1887.
As a painter he was successful in Chile with works such as Campesinos chilenos and Paisaje campesino . You can find paintings in the possession of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes , the Pinacoteca of the Universidad de Concepción and the city's Kuinstmuseum Valparaíso. His influence on the next generation of young painters was significant. His students included Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma , Alberto Valenzuela Llanos , Juan Francisco González and the sisters Aurora and Magdalena Mira .
Web links
- Giovanni Mochi on Artistas Visuales Chilnos
- Mochi, Juan on La web de las biografías
- Juan Mochi on Portal de Arte
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mochi, Juan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mochi, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1892 |
| Place of death | Santiago de Chile |