Manuel Ortiz de Zarate - Artist Info

About Manuel Ortiz de Zarate

Name variants

Emmanuel Ortiz de Zarate, Manuel Ortiz Zarate
  • Biography

    Born Manuel Revuelta Ortiz de Zárate in Como in Italy, he is the son of Chilean composer Eleodoro Ortiz de Zárate, and younger brother of painter Julio Ortiz de Zárate.

    At the age of four, her returned with his family to settle in Chile. At age six he lost his mother. He received painting lessons from Pedro Lira (1845-1912) before entering the Fine Arts in Santiago.

    In 1902, at the age of fifteen, he left Chile for Italy. He studied painting in Rome, copying the Old Masters in museums. Supported by a Spanish bishop who was painting in a museum, he survived by reproducing paintings with religious motifs, mainly by Guido Reni, which he sold to churches or priests. He made several trips to Paris.

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