Pablo Burchard
Chilean painter and professor (1875–1964)
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Pedro Pablo Burchard Eggeling (November 4, 1875 – July 13, 1964) was a Chilean painter and professor at the Arts Faculty of the University of Chile.[1][2][3][4] Awarded the inaugural National Prize of Art of Chile in 1944, Buchard's paintings focused on nature, the essence of painting and the representation of the everyday and simple objects.[1][4][5]
4 November 1875
Academy of Painting
Pablo Burchard | |
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Burchard in 1941 | |
| Born | Pedro Pablo Burchard Eggeling 4 November 1875 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 13 July 1964 (aged 88) Santiago, Chile |
| Education | University of Chile Academy of Painting |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse |
Julia Aguayo Trujillo
(m. 1917) |
| Awards | National Prize of Art of Chile, 1944 |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Arts Faculty, University of Chile |
Notable students | See list
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Early life and education
Burchard was born on 4 November 1875 in Santiago to Teodoro Burchard, a German architect, and María Luisa Eggeling Metzger.[1][6][3] Burchard was one of fifteen children.[3]
Initially studying architecture at the University of Chile, Burchard later studied at the Academy of Painting under Cosme San Martín, Pedro Lira and Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza.[1]
Career
In 1903, Burchard worked as a teacher at secondary school in Talca and later taught drawing at the Girls' High School No. 6 in Santiago.[1]
During 1904 to 1905, Burchard frequented the Tolstoyan Colony (Spanish: Colonia Tolstoyana).[1] Although a contemporary of the Generación del 13, Burchard's work differed in both inspiration and aesthetic.[4] Burchard's work focused on nature, the essence of painting and on the representation of everyday and simple objects.[1][4]
In 1931, Burchard was appointed the administrator of the re-opened Arts Faculty of the University of Chile.[3] Burchard served as the facilities director from 1932 to 1935, and as a professor of painting and landscape until 1959.[1][3][4] Burchard was notably the teacher of Herminia Arrate, Ximena Cristi, Irene Domínguez, Sergio Montecino, Carlos Pedraza Olguín, Aída Poblete, Inés Puyó and Reinaldo Villaseñor.[2][7]
In 1944, Burchard was awarded the inaugural National Prize of Art of Chile.[1][5]
Personal life
On 3 May 1917, Burchard married Julia Aguayo Trujillo.[6] Burchard and Aguayo had three children including Pablo Burchard Aguayo, a painter, and Cuca Burchard, a painter and potter.[1][8][9]
An active Freemason, Burchard left the organization in 1948 following a conversion to Christianity.[3]
On 13 July 1964 Burchard died in Santiago, aged 88.[1]
