Pablo Burchard

Pablo Burchard
Burchard in 1941
Born
Pedro Pablo Burchard Eggeling

(1875-11-04)4 November 1875
Santiago, Chile
Died13 July 1964(1964-07-13) (aged 88)
Santiago, Chile
EducationUniversity of Chile
Academy of Painting
Occupations
Spouse
Julia Aguayo Trujillo
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(m. 1917)​
AwardsNational Prize of Art of Chile, 1944
Academic work
InstitutionsArts Faculty, University of Chile
Notable students
See list

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]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Pablo Burchard". Artistas Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Burchard, Pablo (Chilean painter and teacher, 1875-1964)". Union List of Artists Names Online. Los Angeles, California: J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 González-Vera, Francisco (2000). "Los biografemas de Pablo Burchard : elucidación y demarcación pictórica". Chile 100 años artes visuales: primer período 1900–1950. Modelo y representación [catalogue] (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Zamorano Pérez, Pedro Emilio (2007). "Educación artística en Chile: Fernando Alvarez de Sotomayor, Juan Francisco González y Pablo Burchard, tres maestros emblemáticos". Atenea (in Spanish) (495). Concepción, Chile: 185–211. doi:10.4067/S0718-04622007000100011. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Premio Nacional de Arte (1944-): Pablo Burchard Eggeling". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 "No.147 Pablo Burchard Eggeling and Julia Aguayo Trujillo [Marriage Register]". Chile, Civil Registration [database on-line]; Santiago; Recoleta; Matrimonios 1914–1917. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.: 24 1917.
  7. ↑ Muñoz Méndez, María Elena. "Premio de Pintura Herminia Arrate de Dávila: Algunas notas sobre la pintora Herminia Arrate (1895–1941)". Departamento de Artes Visuales (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Pablo Burchard Aguayo". Artistas Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Cuca Burchard". Artistas Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
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