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Nemesio Antunez Biography
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1940 |
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Honor Mention Salón Nacional of Fine Arts, Santiago
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1955 |
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Founded the Taller 99 (Workshop 99)
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1956 |
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Prize of the Circle of Critics, Santiago
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1956 |
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Obtained the 'Premio de la Crítica'
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1957 |
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Awarded the Best Latinamerican Painter Prize in the prestigious, V Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brasil.
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1961 |
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Assumed the direction of the Contemporary Art Museum
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1964 |
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Named as a cultural attaché of the Chilean Embassy in the United States, where he reencounter the hectic cultural world of New York. While he was a cultural attaché in the U.S., he painted the MURAL for the UN Hearts of Los Andes.
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1965 |
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Prize Painting Competition of the Pan-American Union in Washington
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1969 |
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'Medalla de Chile', bestowed by the Senate of the Republic for is excellent cultural work
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1971 |
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Da inicio al programa de TV del canal 13 'Ojo con el Arte'
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1969 - 1973 |
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Assumed the direction of the Nacional Museum of Fine Arts, Chile
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1973 |
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Resigned his position as director of the Museum of Fine Arts and exiled himself in Catalonia, Spain.
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1978 |
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Medal at the Biennial Hispanic-American Institute of Madrid, Spain
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1980 |
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Museum S. Guggenheim Acquisition Prize, New York.
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1978 - 1982 |
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Resided in London where is named visiting professor at the Royal College of Art
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1973 - 1985 |
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Resided in Spain, Greta Britain and Italy
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1987 |
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Painter Prize, Club Master Magazine, Santiago
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1988 |
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Prize of the Circle of Art Critics in retrospective exhibit organized by Praxis Gallery in recognition of its fifty years of artistic work.
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1990 |
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Prize in Cultural Education category for its TV program "Eye with the Art", National Counsel of Television
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1991 |
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Medal Municipal of Santiago, offered by the Mayor of the city in Honor to his retrospective exhibit, Santiago
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1991 |
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Title Alumnus Honoris Causes, offered by the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning of the University of Chile
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1993 |
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Conferred with The Order to the Merit in Docent and Culture Gabriela Mistral by the President of Chile. He died shortly at the age of 75.
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1993 |
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Received a special homage during the International Festival of Biarritz, France.
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1993 |
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The Casa de la Moneda de Chile issued a stamp in Homage to Antúnez with the reproduction of the work "Tanguería of Valparaíso" (the lithograph presented in the front pay of this gallery site.)
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1994 |
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In homage to its memory, the State of Chile constituted the Commission Nemesio Antúnez, responsible for monitoring the compliance of the laws on works of art.
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