AW294 - Alberto Lobos - Chilean Village - Oil on Canvas

 TITLE: Chilean  Village

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COMMENTS: Alberto Lobos Born in Chile, lived in Chile, Central America & Spain. Lobos spent most of his life traveling throughout Central and South America creating landscapes and Spanish influenced villages and mountain scenes.  Alberto Lobos and his brothers were all members of the "Generation of Thirteen" (a reference to  the year 1913), a bohemian group recognized as the best Chilean artists of their time.   Maestro Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor(1875-1960), a Spaniard imported to Chile by its government to lead the program at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Chile mentored Lobos and his brothers.  Each developed their own specialty, with Alberto Lobos favoring landscapes of Chile. The works of Alberto Lobos are included in the collections of  major museum  in Chile. This painting dates to 1937.