Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma

Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma (born February 8, 1856 in Valparaíso , † October 27, 1909 in Villejuif ) was a Chilean painter .

Puelma studied from the age of 12 at the Academia de Bellas Artes with Ernst Kirchbach and Juan Mochi . On a study trip to Paris from 1991 to 1885, he continued his training with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and attended anatomy courses at the Sorbonne . On a second trip to Paris in 1887, he studied with Jean Paul Laurens .

After his return, Puelma received many awards in Chile, including a. Several times with the gold medal of the Salón Official in Santiago. The art critic counted him in the "group of the four masters" alongside Pedro Lira , Juan Francisco González and Alberto Valenzuela Llanos . Alfredo Helsby and Eucarpio Espinosa were among his students .

In 1907 he left Chile to live in France. There he died two years later, impoverished after persistent depression and a mental breakdown. The Centro Cultural de Las Condes in Santiago honored Puelma in 2009 with a solo exhibition. Many of his works are in the possession of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes .

Works

Retrato de Don Domingo Espineira Riesco , 1880
Retrato de Guillermo Puelma , 1881
Lección de Geografía , 1883
Resurrección de la Hija de Jairo , 1883
La Perla del Mercader , 1884
Náyade cerca del agua , 1884
La Ciencia mostrando al genio que sólo ella conduce a la inmortalidad del saber , 1884
Retrato del Pintor Mochi , 1885
Interior del Louvre , 1888
El Descendimiento, copia de José de Ribera , 1888
El Turquito o El Niño del Fez , 1890
Sevillana , 1890
Retrato del Dr. Bernabé Rojas Carvallo , 1894
Alameda en Peñaflor , 1895
Retrato de Juan Francisco González , 1895
La Gitana , 1898
Mi hijo Rafael , 1899
Coquetería
Magdalena en Penitencia
Retrato de Mancini
Retrato de Dama

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personal data
SURNAME	Valenzuela Puelma, Alfredo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Chilean painter
DATE OF BIRTH	February 8, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Valparaíso
DATE OF DEATH	October 27, 1909
Place of death	Villejuif