Pedro Olmos Muñoz
| Pedro Olmos Muñoz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Pedro Olmos Muñoz June 11, 1911 Valparaíso, Chile |
| Died |
May 9, 2014 Linares, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Known for | Painter |
Pedro Olmos Muñoz (Valparaiso, June 11, 1911 - Linares, Chile, May 9, 1991) was a painter and illustrator Chilean folkloric character.[1]
Biography
His childhood and adolescence were spent in San Felipe. Later, he studied arts at the Pedagogical Institute of the University of Chile. In his college years he was part of the intellectual groups of the '30s, alongside the likes of Pablo Neruda and Juvencio Valley.[2]
In 1938 he moved to Argentina where he specialized in murals and directed the exhibition hall of the Teatro del Pueblo de Buenos Aires. In 1946 he participated in the exhibition "Ars Americana" in Paris and the Exhibition of UNESCO.[3]
In the 60´s he moved with his lady in the city of Linares, where he classes Men's Lyceum of that city. He was also one of the drivers of Ancora Group and one of the drivers of the installation of the Museum of Art and Craft Linares. He was also the restorer History Museum Yerba Buena, the "House of Romance".
Work
The work of Pedro Olmos was of manners and figurative, which often portrays everyday situations of rural and urban life in the central area of the country. Included in his still lifes, portraits, signs of popular religion, folk scenes, among others.
Olmos used several painting techniques, such as oil, prints, drawings and murals. In this technique include, among others, made in the municipality of Linares with important figures in the area, or the Hospital the mine El Teniente.
References
External links
- Biografía en Portal de Arte
- Artistas Plásticos Chilenos
- Catálogo de obras en la Universidad de Chile
- Pedro Olmos Muñoz, linarense de verdad (1911-1991). Diario El Heraldo de Linares del 5-5-2013, p. 5.