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Carmen Piemonte

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Carmen Piemonte
Macarena Olivera Hardoy (2021) Retrato de la Artista Chilena Carmen Piemonte
Born
Carmen Piemonte Miani

(1930-10-28)28 October 1930
Died11 December 2024(2024-12-11) (aged 94)
EducationUniversity of Chile
Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, 1972
Occupations
ChildrenCarmen Valbuena

Carmen Piemonte Miani (28 October 1930 – 11 December 2024) was an Italian-born Chilean painter, educator and professor.[1][2]

Early life and education

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Piemonte was born on 28 October 1930[a] in Buja, Kingdom of Italy (present-day, Italy).[1][4] Piemonte studied fine art at the University of Chile, where she was a student and assistant to Ramón Vergara Grez [es].[1][4] In 1955, Piemonte obtained her degree in visual arts education.[5]

Career

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During 1959 to 1970, Piemonte taught at various schools in Santiago.[1][5] From 1965 to 1970, Piemonte worked at the University of Chile as an assistant professor in drawing.[1] During 1970 to 1974, Piemonte taught a course in shape and color.[1]

In 1965[b], Piemonte joined the Form and Space Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Forma y Espacio).[5][7]

In 1971, Piemonte was awarded scholarship by the Italian government to attend the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma.[1][5] From 1971 to 1972, Piemonte studied under Franco Gentilini.[1][5]

Personal life

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Piemonte was the mother of the painter and engraver Carmen Valbuena.[8]

On 11 December 2024 Piemonte died in Chile, aged 94.[1][2]

Notes

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  1. Also cited as 1932.[3]
  2. Also cited as 1969.[6]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Carmen Piemonte". Artistas Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 Sólanich Aguirre, Francisco (19 December 2024). "La cultura olvidada". El Pingüino (in Spanish). Punta Arenas, Chile. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  3. "Piemonte, Carmen (Italian painter, born 1932, active in Chile)". Union List of Artist Names Online. Los Angeles, California: J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Artista: Carmen Piemonte". Museo de Artes Visuales (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Poética de la Geometría, sobre la obra de Carmen Piemonte". Clarín (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. 25 November 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  6. Traba, Marta (1994). "Decades of Change". Art of Latin America, 1900–1980. Washington, D.C.: Inter–American Development Bank. pp. 83–132. ISBN 0940602733.
  7. "Movimiento Forma y Espacio". Artistas Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  8. "Carmen Valbuena". Artistas Visuales Chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 2 April 2026.