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Nemesio Antúnez
Chilean artist (–)
Nemesio Antúnez Zañartu (Born in Santiago, May 4, - May 19, ) was a Chilean painter and engraver who founded Workshop
Biography
Born to Nemesio Antúnez and Luisa Zañartu, he was the eldest of three sons, all of whom became dedicated to art: Enrique Zañartu (6 September - 13 June ) became a painter and Jaime Antúnez (6 March - 10 May ) a sculptor.
Nemesio antunez biography of william Anula r. Terremoto 'earthquake' , painted in , is over 30 square meters, and covers the whole vestibule wall of the Nile Cinema. Authority control databases. Tools Tools.The couple also had a daughter named Laura (2 September - 30 July ).
He went to high school at the College of the Sacred Hearts of Santiago. At 17, he took first place at a French speaking competition and won a trip to France, where he learned about Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris and Joan Miró.
In he enrolled in the school of architecture at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he graduated in At the age of 25 he presented his first solo watercolor exhibition at the Chilean Institute of Culture.
Thanks to a scholarship from the Fulbright Program, he traveled to Columbia University in New York. Upon completing his master's degree in , he began working in the studio Atelier 17 with Stanley William Hayter, who applied the techniques of printmaking to surrealist art. He worked with his brother Enrique to explore the possibilities of old printmaking techniques from artists like Yves Tanguy, Kurt Seligmann, Jacques Lipchitz and Joan Miró.
Biography of william shakespeare Toggle the table of contents. Upon completing his Master's degree in , he began working in the studio Atelier 17 with Stanley William Hayter , who applied the techniques of printmaking to surrealist art. May 19, aged 75 Santiago. Archived from the original onIn , the French branch of Atelier 17 was moved.
Murals
Antunez painted fifteen murals in total, only five of which are in Chile. Four are in Santiago - Luna, Quinchamalí, Sol and Terremoto - while one, No. 16, Bailarines con volantinesis, is in the Open-air museum of Valparaíso.
Santiago's murals in Chile were declared national monuments in , but their condition leaves something to be desired.
Terremoto ('earthquake'), painted in , is over 30 square meters, and covers the whole vestibule wall of the Nile Cinema. The mural has visible cracking produced during the Earthquake in [1]
In even worse conditions is Quinchamalí () at the Juan Esteban Montero Gallery: the paint of the mural is peeling and warping due to the humidity.
The art restorer Carolina Broschek maintains that the mural can be saved, but the owner of the building on which it is painted, Yusif Tala, opined that the Nemesio Antúnez Foundation should take care of the painting or move it to another place, as has no interest in preserving it.[2] In the same gallery, besides the mural, Antúnez installed floor mosaics which are still in perfect condition.
Nemesio antunez biography of william shakespeare Pablo Novoa, manager of the Gran Palace hotel, says that restoration will begin in See also Art: The Twentieth Century. This page was last modified on 23 January , at You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation.The murals Sol and Luna have been more fortunate. Commissioned in , they adorn the space between the Gran Palace cinema and theater. The murals incorporate gold and silver threads and sheets. Pablo Novoa, manager of the Gran Palace hotel, says that restoration will begin in
Posthumous homage
The name of the painter is today held in exhibition halls,[3] galleries,[4] schools and streets in Chile.[5]
In a stamp was minted in his honour[6] which depicts Tanguería en Valparaíso.
The following year, the Chilean Government created the "Commission Nemesio Antúnez", in charge of supervising laws concerning art.[7]
Gallery
Ceramics
Murals
Bailarines con volantines
Quinchamalí
Terremoto