Alberto Valenzuela Llanos | |
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 Alberto Valenzuela Llanos | |
| Born | Ramon Alberto Valenzuela Llanos August 29, 1869 |
| Died | July 23, 1925 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Grandes Maestros de la pintura Chilena (Great Masters of the Chilean Painting). |
Alberto Valenzuela Llanos[1] (San Fernando, Chile, August 29, 1869 – Santiago, Chile, July 23, 1925), was one of Chile's greatest painters and one of the four Great Chilean Masters, along with Pedro Lira, Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma and Juan Francisco González. He was a landscape painter and left an estimated 1,000 paintings. Highlights of his work include paintings of the snow-topped mountains in France and views of Paris.
He was a pupil of the Chilean artists Cosme San Martín and Juan Mochi, both directors of the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile, with Mochi having the greatest influence on his work. He was also taught by the Chilean romantic painter Onofre Jarpa.
- ^ "Alberto Valenzuela Llanos Biography". Biblioteca Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile (in Spanish). Artistasplasticoschilenos.cl. Retrieved March 25, 2013.