Alberto Orrego Luco [SEP] place of death
Alberto Orrego Luco
Alberto Orrego Luco (20 April 1854 in Valparaíso – 2 June 1931 in Santiago) was a Chilean Impressionist landscape painter and diplomat.
Biography.
He was born to a family of wealthy farmers. His younger brother, Luis, also became a diplomat and was a popular novelist, among other achievements. He began his education at the English school of Mathews and Linacre. Later, due to economic problems, he was enrolled at the Instituto Nacional, where he began painting. He had his first
family vault next to his wife.
Further reading.
- Hernán Maino, "Alberto Orrego Luco: el paisaje como búsqueda de armonia", (the landscape as a search for harmony) Volume 9 of "Pintura chilena del siglo XIX" Origo, 2008 
External links.
- Antonio Romera, "Alberto Orrego Luco", Issue 12 of "Artistas chilenos", Instituto de Extensión de Artes Plásticas, 1957 Digitalized @ Memoria Chilena
- Google about Alberto Orrego Luco