Aída Poblete
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16 April 1914
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Aída Poblete | |
|---|---|
| Born | Aída Poblete del Solar 16 April 1914 Temuco, Chile |
| Died | 23 September 2000 (aged 86) Santiago, Chile |
| Education | University of Chile, 1945 Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupations | |
| Movement | Generation of '40 Group of Five Rectangle Group |
Aída Poblete del Solar (16 April 1914[a] – 23 September 2000) was a Chilean painter, printmaker and professor.[1][2] A representative of the Chilean Generation of '40 (Spanish: Generación del Cuarenta), Poblete played a key role in the development of abstract art in Chile.[2][3]
Poblete was born on 16 April 1914 in Temuco.[2][4] From 1938 to 1945, Vicuña studied at the Arts Faculty of the University of Chile where she was student of Pablo Burchard.[2][4] Poblete later studied engraving under Eduardo Vilches at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.[2]
In Argentina Poblete studied under Julio E. Payró and Jorge Romero Brest.[5]
Career
Poblete belonged to the Generation of '40 group of Chilean painters.[2] In 1951, Poblete exhibited at the 1st Hispano-American Art Biennial in Madrid.[6]
In 1953, Poblete co-founded of the Group of Five (Spanish: Grupo de los cinco) along with Matilde Pérez, Ximena Cristi, Sergio Montecinos and Ramón Vergara.[2][3][7][8] The group aimed to move away from traditional figurative representation and held an exhibition at the Instituto Chileno-Francés de Cultura in Santiago.[7][8]
In 1955, Poblete joined the Rectangle Group (Spanish: Grupo Rectángulo), which rejected figurative art and explored abstraction through the use of geometric forms.[2][9][10]
Poblete's work is known to have been influenced conceptually by Emilio Pettoruti.[5]
Academia
Poblete first worked as an assistant professor on the introductory course to painting and drawing at the Arts Faculty of the University of Chile.[2] Poblete later worked as assistant professor and lecturer in commercial art, before becoming a professor of drawing.[2][11] In 1976, Poblete retired from teaching in order to concentrate on her artistic practice.[2]
