Alberto Valenzuela Llanos

Alberto Valenzuela Llanos (San Fernando, Chile, August 29, 1869 Santiago, Chile, July 23, 1925), was one of Chile's greatest painters and one of the four Great Chilean Masters, along with Pedro Lira, Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma and Juan Francisco González. He was a landscape painter and left an estimated 1,000 paintings. Highlights of his work include paintings of the snow-topped mountains in France and views of Paris.

Alberto Valenzuela Llanos
Alberto Valenzuela Llanos
Born
Ramon Alberto Valenzuela Llanos

(1869-08-29)August 29, 1869
San Fernando, Chile
DiedJuly 23, 1925(1925-07-23) (aged 55)
Santiago, Chile
NationalityChilean
Known forPainting
MovementGrandes Maestros de la pintura Chilena (Great Masters of the Chilean Painting).

He was a pupil of the Chilean artists Cosme San Martín and Juan Mochi, both directors of the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile, with Mochi having the greatest influence on his work. He was also taught by the Chilean romantic painter Onofre Jarpa.

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