Born in 1918 in Santiago, Chile.
He studies architecture at the
Catholic University in Santiago, Chile
and at the Columbia University in New York, USA.
Artistic activities:
1943-1950: He lives in New York dedicated to the
painting and engraving.
1948-1950: He works at the " Atelier 17 " conducted for
Stanley William Hayter in the city of New York.
1950-1953: He lives and works in Paris.
1956: he organizes in Santiago, Chile, the " Atelier 99 " where
he
trained the first generation of Chilean engravers.
1961-1964: Director of the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile.
1964-1969: He returns to live to New York.
1969-1973: Director of the Museum of Fine Arts
in Santiago, Chile.
In 1974 he resigns to the Direction of the Museum
and he travels
to live in Barcelona.
1978-1982 He lives and works in London and Rome.
Some of his main individual exhibitions:
New York 1945-1950-1966-1978// Oslo 1952//
Lima Peru 1954-1960//
Sao Paulo (Brazil) 1958//
Munich 1958// Tel-Aviv 1969//
Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1959-1964-1972//
Barcelona 1974//
Madrid 1975-1976// Berlin 1976//
Santiago of Chile 1979-1981//
Sweden 1980//
México 1980// Rome 1981//
London 1981 and Viña del Mar, Chile 1994.
He dies in Santiago, Chile, in 1996.
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