The Grupo Montparnasse was an organization of Chilean artists who had joined the gathering of great artists in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France, in the early part of the 20th century. Founding members, Luis Vargas Rosas and Camilo Mori among others, exhibit in the Salon d'Automne of 1920 in Paris where they meet Juan Gris, Pablo Picasso and other artists experimenting in the new trends of the time like cubism and expressionism. The group's first exhibition was organized by Luis Vargas Rosas in Santiago in 1923. Their first exhibition was marked by postimpressionist influences, notably the works of Paul Cézanne. Their "Salón de Junio" in 1925 saw a new generation of young painters join the group. Just as their comrades in Paris had, these creative men and women challenged the norms in Chilean painting, profoundly shaping a new world of art in their country.
Montparnasse is an area in the south of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail. It is split between the 6th, 14th, and 15th arrondissements of the city. Montparnasse has been part of Paris since 1669.
Camilo Mori Serrano was a Chilean painter and a founder of the Grupo Montparnasse.
Manuel Ortiz de Zárate Pinto was a Chilean painter, born in Italy and raised in Chile. He was active from 1902 to 1945, in Paris and in Italy.
Alberto Rojas Jiménez was a Chilean poet and journalist born in Valparaiso to Alberto Rojas Guajardo and Elena Jiménez Labarca. A student of the National Internship Barros Arana, Jiménez studied at the School of Architecture and Fine Arts at the University of Chile. His literary output, which is defined primarily as a poet and writer, began in 1918 with the publication of works in prose in the magazine Zig-Zag under the pseudonym Pierre Lhéry, and ended with his writings published in the newspaper El Correo de Valdivia. Jiménez was part of the Chilean Literary Generation of the 1920 era that included Joaquín Cifuentes Sepúlveda, Armando Ulloa, Alejandro Vasquez, Rubén Azócar, Raimundo Echevarría Larrazabal, and Pablo Neruda.
Zárate is a surname of Spanish (Basque) origin.
Chilean art refers to all kinds of visual art developed in Chile, or by Chileans, from the arrival of the Spanish conquerors to the modern day. It also includes the native pre-Columbian pictorial expression on modern Chilean territory.
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Henriette Petit, was a Chilean painter, member of the Grupo Montparnasse, of which she was a co-founder.
Inés Puyó León was a Chilean painter and teacher. She taught at the Instituto Chileno Italiano in Santiago for many years. Themes in her artwork included still lifes, flowers, religious imagery, and the seascapes of Puerto Montt.