Agustina Gutiérrez Salazar

• Name — Agustina Gutiérrez Salazar • Birthplace — San Fernando (Chile) • Born — 1851 • Died — September 4, 1886 (35 years old) • Place of death — Santiago of Chile • Resting Place — Santiago of Chile • Education — Painting Academy • Known for — The first teacher in her country The first of plastic arts in her country • Movement — Realism and pencil drawing • Awards — 1884 Honorable Mention in Painting, Salon 1884, Santiago of Chile • Patrons — Alejandro Cicarelli

• Illustration — Her father José Antonio Gutiérrez Gutiérrez She was the daughter of José Antonio Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, born in the city of San Fernando, in the province of Colchagua, in the middle of a middle-class family, where her artistic gifts stood out as a child. At age 15 she moved to Santiago with his father. She joined the Painting Academy in 1866. She is considered the first woman who drives feminine art. In 1869, she was appointed by Alejandro Ciccarelli and, therefore, by the state of Chile, professor of drawing at the Painting Academy; She was 18 years old. This fact made her the first drawing teacher in Chile, being one of the initiators of this discipline as a teacher in the state school.

• Illustration — Charcoal drawing of dogs She was one of the pioneer women to participate in the Painting Salons of Santiago. His talent was highlighted by oil painting on canvas, mainly on motifs about mythological legends, animals, epic themes, still lifes, flowers and varied compositions. He also stood out as a pencil portraitist. With this technique it is estimated that he made more than two thousand portraits on paper. Among these portraits, the ladies of Valparaíso stand out: Juana Vargas de Jara Quemada, Carmela Mena de Veras, Marcelina Vargas de Mena, Acasia Lazo de Undurraga and the Royal Lady of Azúa. The portraits received a psychological character and nuances. He made a profession of his artistic work, like any other of the students of the Academy, being a work that allowed him to have his income to cover his needs, which for his time, moved him away from the leisure pattern; This was socially linked to women. You could see the learning of art, also French and music, as complements of their high education and culture. Thus, his work was a reflection of the Chilean social context, especially the portraits of ladies of the high society of the time. His five sisters also cultivated the painting. In the inauguration speech of the Academy of Painting in the year of 1849, where Alejandro Ciccarelli pointed out that: She in her art can also make references to Paula Aldunate Larraín (1834-1871) who she was a disciple of Mauricio Rugendas.