Elmina Moisan
Illustration — Elmina Moisan Elmina Moisan (1897-1938) was a Chilean painter remembered in the historiography as part of the Generación del 13. She has been called the "female artist who has painted the best in Chile".
Also recorded as Elmina Moissan · Elmina Moisan Cabrera · Elmina Moisán
Elmina Moisan
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- Born
- 1897 · Quillota.
- Died
- 1938 · Santiago.
- Nationality
- Chile
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- Academy of Painting (Santiago and Chile)
- Languages
- Spanish
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Illustration — Elmina Moisan Elmina Moisan (1897-1938) was a Chilean painter remembered in the historiography as part of the Generación del 13. She has been called the "female artist who has painted the best in Chile".
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Biography
Biography
Elmina Moisan was born in Quillota, 1897. Of French descent, Moisan entered the School of Fine Arts in 1912, being a student of the Spanish painter Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza and Ricardo Richon Brunet. After receiving her teaching degree with a major in visual arts, she taught at the Liceo de Chicas N ° 4 in Santiago. Her works are mainly portraits, scenes of customs, landscapes and still lifes made with a subtle and quite personal style. Her painting, La coqueta (1916), won the first medal in the official salon of Santiago, in 1919. She married the painter Otto Georgi in 1926, who was also a member of the Generación del 13.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Her recorded language was Spanish. She married Otto Georgi.
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Joel André o Andre.E.x.E
fue una pintora chilena inscrita en la historiografía como parte de la supuesta generación del 13. Ha sido denominada en como la "artista mujer que mejor ha pintado en Chile" Acrílico sobre cartón tamaño 24x15,5 cm
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Life and career
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Life and career
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1897
Elmina Moisan was born on 1 January 1897.
1938
Elmina Moisan died on 1 January 1938.
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Quillota.
Birth place
Santiago.
Death place
Death and legacy
In 1938, the government of Chile invited Moisan to exhibit and study in Lima, Peru. During her trip, she contracted malaria, a situation that forced her to return to Chile where, after a month of illness, she died in the city of Santiago. The city of Rancagua, O'Higgins Region, a street bears the name of Elmina Moisan.
Selected works in public collections
Selected works in public collections
• Illustration — La coqueta, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. • Interior, Óleo sobre tela, 115 x 90 cm. 1926. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago de Chile. • La coqueta, Óleo sobre tela, 53 x 62 cm. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago de Chile. • Cabeza de vieja, Óleo sobre tela, 40 x 36 cm. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago de Chile. • Desnudo, Óleo sobre tela, 66 x 44 cm. Pinacoteca Universidad de Concepción.
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Awards
• 1936 - First Prize, Official Hall of Santiago. • 1929 - Gold Medal, Ibero-American Exhibition in Seville. • 1923 - Portrait Award, Official Hall of Santiago. • 1920 - Second Medal in Drawing, Official Hall of Santiago. • 1919 - First Medal, Official Hall of Santiago. • 1919 - Prize of Honor, Certamen Edwards, Santiago. • 1916 - Second Medal, Official Hall of Santiago. • 1916 - Customs Award, Certamen Edwards, Santiago.
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- 1.Historia de la pintura chilena.
- 2.Generación del 13 - Artistas Visuales Chilenos, AVCh, MNBA.
- 3.Elmina Moisan - Artistas Visuales Chilenos, AVCh, MNBA.
- 4.Excéntricas Mujeres Artistas de Latinoamérica - Chile.
- 5.Elmina Moisan.
- 6.Otto Georgi, un valdiviano enamorado del arte y de Elmina.
- 7.Pintores Chilenos: ELMINA MOISAN.
- 8.Artistas mujeres: la huella de las pioneras de la creación local.
- 9.Interior SURDOC.
- 10.La coqueta SURDOC.
- 11.Cabeza de vieja SURDOC.
- 12.Desnudo SURDOC.
- 13.Retrato de una concertista SURDOC.
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