Juan Martinez Gutierrez . Chilean painter and architect of Spanish origin . In 1969 , he was awarded the National Prize for Architecture.
Summary
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- 1 Biographical summary
- 1Trayectoria
- 2 Carrots
- 2 Works in public collections
- 3 Awards and distinctions
- 4 Exhibitions
- 1 Individual exhibitions
- 2 Group exhibitions
- 5Fuente
biographical synthesis
He was born in Bilbao , Spain , on February 8 , 1901 . For work reasons of his father, in 1907 his family traveled to Buenos Aires , Argentina and in 1909 he settled in Chile . In 1918 he entered the School of Architecture of the University of Chile . In parallel, he studied painting at the School of Fine Arts, where he was a student of Juan Francisco González . Although he graduated from architecture in 1922 , he graduated two decades later.
Trajectory
He served as an architect , painter , and professor of architecture. He was dean of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Chile in times of great change, highlighting his management of rejecting the formalisms imposed by progressive groups.
In 1923 he was appointed Director of the School of Architecture of the University of Chile and a year later he was commissioned for the project of the building of the School of Law of said house of studies.
In 1927 he was appointed professor of the Chair of Decorative Composition at the School of Architecture. That same year he won by public contest, the execution of the Chilean Pavilion at the Ibero-American Exposition in Seville and traveled to Spain to fulfill his mission.
In 1946 he participated in the reform of the teaching of architecture that proposed the humanistic and integral formation of the architect.
Juan Martínez Gutiérrez was the first professional to receive the National Prize for Architecture in 1969 .
Death
He died in Santiago de Chile in 1971 .
Works in public collections
- Law School of the University of Chile, Santiago.
- School of Medicine of the University of Chile, Santiago.
- Chilean pavilion at the Seville exhibition, 1929, Spain.
- Votive temple of Maipú, Santiago.
- Liberator General Bernardo O’HigginsMilitary School , Santiago.
Awards and distinctions
- 1969National Prize for Architecture. Delivered for the first time by the College of Architects of Chile.
- 2008Work Award 2008 awarded by the Chile 2010 Bicentennial Commission for the project of the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile and the National Sanctuary of Our Lady of Carmen de Maipú.
exhibitions
Individual expositions
- 1997Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Chile, Santiago.
group exhibitions
- 1984Water Painting in Chile, Providencia Cultural Institute, Santiago.
