Ana Cortés

Ana Cortés
Born Ana Emma del Rosario Cortés Jullian
August 24, 1895
Santiago
Died January 5, 1998(1998-01-05) (aged 102)
Nationality Chile
Alma mater University of Chile
Website www.anacortes.cl (in Spanish)

Ana Emma del Rosario Cortés Jullian, more commonly known as Ana Cortés (24 August 1895 – 5 January 1998), was a Chilean painter of the Grupo Montparnasse. In 1974, she won the National Prize of Art of Chile, making her the first painter to do so.

Biography

Ana Cortés was born in Santiago, Chile on 24 August 1895, the third of seven children Ernesto Cortés Ramirez and Ana Jullian Chesi. She studied in the home of Madame Lasaulce as a child, then lived for three years in Paris with her godparents, Alejandro Bertrand and Mercedes Vidal. Returning to Chile, she completed her studies at La Serena High school.[1] In 1919, Cortés enrolled in the University of Chile's School of Fine Art and was taught by Frenchmen Juan Francisco González and Ricardo Richon-Brunet.[2] This would have an important effect on her career.[1] She returned to Paris in 1925 to study at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière under André Lhote for the next two years and that same year entered the Académie Colarossi.[2][1] Cortés would spend the next three years in Europe, touring museums in Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, and Belgium,[2] and became inspired by the abstract works of the School of Paris.[3] In 1927, her work was exhibited at the Salon d'Automne.[4]

In 1928, Cortés returned to Chile and joined the teaching staff of the University of Chile as its first female professor.[2]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 "Biografia". anacortes.cl (in Spanish). Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ana Cortés Jullian". uchile.cl (in Spanish). University of Chile. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ana Cortés". artistasvisualeschilenos.cl (in Spanish). Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ana CORTÉS". portaldearte.cl (in Spanish). Portal de Arte. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
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