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Raymond Auguste Quinsac Monvoisin (May 31, 1790 – March 26, 1870) was a French artist and painter.

Biography

Monvoisin was born in Bordeaux. Although he initiated a career in the military by indication of his father, at the age of eighteen Monvoisin fully dedicated himself to painting. He moved from Bordeaux to Paris and was employed at the workshop of Pierre Guérin, with whom he worked in the neoclassic and mythologic themes that were center of attention by artists and scholars at the time. He studied in the Académie des Beaux-Arts of France, and his work soon earned him the support of the critics. His works achieved commercial success. He was hired by merchants, bankers and other members of the newly emerging middle-class. In 1819 he carried out his first exposition in the Museum of the Louvre. The fame he achieved in his own country earned him the Legion of Honor. After obtaining recognition in Paris, he travelled to Italy where he obtained a scholarship to study in Villa Medici in Rome.

Interested in the opportunities in the newly independent Americas, Monvoisin travelled to Argentina and from there to Chile. He received an official invitation from the Chilean government to direct the Academy of Painting which was officially created on March 17, 1848. With almost no funds, he arrived at Santiago. Preceded by his fame, he was introduced to the high-class families of the capital and, in turn, to work as a successful portrait painter. His works had a decisive influence in the new Chilean society, which acquired the inclinations of European fashion, especially French.

He dedicated his efforts to many different activities during his stay in Chile. He traveled through the country, invested in mines, and created a ranching estate. His first years as a drawing professor in Paris helped in forming notable artists of the time like Francisco Mandiola and Procesa Sarmiento. Along with French painter Clara Filleul, he mobilized the pictorial art in Chile and Argentina. He was elevated to a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1857,[1] and returned to France in 1858, but his fame had vanished.

He died in poverty in 1870 at Boulogne-sur-Mer.

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  Jean d'Arc, 1843
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  Adelaida Corradi de Pantanelli como Norma, 1845
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  Elisa Bravo Jaramillo de Bañados, mujer del cacique (Elisa Bravo en cautiverio), 1858
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  Shipwreck of the Young Daniel, 1859

References

• This article is based on a translation from the corresponding article from the Spanish Wikipedia, dated July 13, 2006.
• (in Spanish) Instituto Cultural de las Condes. Precursores extranjeros en la pintura chilena, Santiago de Chile, 1974.
• (in Spanish) Brief biography
• (in Spanish) Arts Portal of Chile

External links

Media related to Raymond Monvoisin at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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[de] Raymond Quinsac Monvoisin

Raymond Auguste Quinsac Monvoisin (* 15. Mai 1790[1] in Quinsac; † 26. März 1870 in Boulogne-sur-Seine) war ein französischer Maler, der als Porträtmaler in Südamerika seine größten Erfolge feierte.

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- [en] Raymond Monvoisin

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[es] Raymond Monvoisin

Raymond Auguste Monvoisin, conocido también como Raymond Auguste Quinsac Monvoisin (Burdeos, 31 de mayo de 1794[n 1] - Boulogne-sur-Seine, 26 de marzo de 1870), fue un pintor francés, que realizó parte importante de su obra en América del Sur. Allí está catalogado entre los llamados pintores viajeros, como Ernest Charton o Mauricio Rugendas y figura como uno de los precursores de las escuelas artísticas de Argentina y Chile.

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[fr] Raymond Quinsac Monvoisin

Raymond Quinsac Monvoisin né le 31 mai 1790 à Bordeaux et mort le 26 mars 1870 à Boulogne-sur-Seine[1] est un peintre français.

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[it] Raymond Monvoisin

Raymond Auguste Quinsac Monvoisin (Bordeaux, 31 maggio 1790 – Boulogne-sur-Mer, 26 marzo 1870) è stato un pittore francese, formatosi artisticamente presso la bottega parigina di Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, venne insignito per meriti della Legion d'onore. Nel 1848 si trasferì in Cile come direttore della locale Accademia, concorrendo alla promozione della pittura nel paese. Rientrato in patria (1858), iniziò un lento declino che lo portò a morire da squattrinato.

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