Emma Formas de Dávila
Emma Formas de Dávila | |
|---|---|
 Formas de Dávila in 1921 | |
| Born | Emma Formas Domínguez c. 1876 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 17 March 1961 Santiago, Chile |
| Education | Academy of Painting |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse |
Ricardo Dávila Silva
(m. 1900; died 1960) |
Emma Formas de Dávila (née Formas Domínguez; c. 1876 – 17 March 1961) was a Chilean painter and sculptor.[1][2] In 1920, Formas received the first prize medal at the Official Fine Arts Salon (Spanish: Salón Oficial de Bellas Artes).[1][3][4]
Early life and education
Formas was born around 1876[a] in Santiago to Adolfo Formas and Sabina Dominguez.[1][5] Formas was educated at Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Santiago.[1][3]
In 1898, Formas exhibited at the Official Fine Arts Salon as a student of Alberto Valenzuela Llanos, from which she received an honorable mention.[1][4] In 1910, Formas enrolled at the Academy of Painting where she studied under Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza.[1][3]
Career
The same year Formas exhibited at Official Fine Arts Salon where she was awarded third prize medal.[1][3][4] Formas received the second prize medal in 1915, with an honorable mention for sculpture.[1][3][4] Formas won the portrait prize at the Edwards competition in 1919, and the first prize medal at the Official Fine Arts Salon in 1920.[1][3][4]
In 1921, Formas held her first and only solo show at the Rivas Calvo Gallery in Santiago where she exhibited female nudes, children's portraits and a portrait of Alberto Valenzuela Llanos.[1] In either 1923 or early 1924, traveled to Europe and later settled in Paris.[1][4] Formas appears to have returned to Chile by 1929, as she participated in the Official Fine Arts Salon.[1] Formas is known to have exhibited twice more during her life, in group shows in 1930 and 1949, both at the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts.[1]
Personal life
On 24 June 1900, Formas married Ricardo Dávila Silva (1876–1960), a writer and lawyer.[1][5][6]
Notes
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Emma Formas". Artistas Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 Cortés Aliaga, Gloria (2013). "Estéticas de resistencia: Las artistas chilenas y la vanguardia femenina (1900–1936)". Artelogie (in Spanish) (5). doi:10.4000/artelogie.5341. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Parker, William Belmont, ed. (1920). Chileans of To-day. Volume IV. New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 475. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ugarte Uriondo, Esther (1928). "La Pintura Femenina en Chile". Actividades femeninas en Chile : obra publicada con motivo del cincuentenario del decreto que concedió a la mujer chilena el derecho de validar sus exámenes secundarios (datos hasta diciembre de 1927) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: La Ilustración. pp. 669–683. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Ricardo Dávila Silva y Emma Formas Dominguez [Marriage Record]". Chile, Civil Registration, 1885–1903 [database on-line].; Santiago; Recoleta; Matrimonios 1900–1901. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.: 2 24 June 1900.
- ↑ Hilton, Ronald, ed. (1947). Who's Who in Latin America. Part IV. Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 76. Retrieved 14 May 2026.