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Manuel Antonio Caro (born Manuel Antonio Caro Olavarría) (June 3, 1835 – July 14, 1903) was a Chilean painter〔(Manuel Antonio Caro ), portaldearte.cl. Accessed 2012-12-22. (in Spanish) (Google (translate ))〕 and is classed among Chile's best-loved artists.〔(Manuel Antonio Caro ), Relics and Selves, Birkbeck College, London, bbk.ac.uk. Accessed 2012-12-22.〕 The son of Victorino Caro y Cárcamo and Asunción de Olavarría y Sierpe, he was named Caro Olavarría.〔(Luis Álvarez Urquieta ), Boletín de la Academia Chilena de la Historia, Vol. 14, 1940, p. 65.〕 The first Chilean student to attend the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Caro's body of work included portraits and scenes of everyday life, and earned him high honors and international recognition. == Life and work == Born in Ancud into a wealthy family in central coastal Chile, Caro initially wanted to become a businessman, but during a prolonged illness confining him to bed, he discovered his interest in the visual arts.〔 In 1859 at age 23, he went to Paris at his father's urging where he befriended the French painter Paul Césaire Gariot who worked in the Neoclassical style. Gariot trained him in portrait painting,〔(Manuel Antonio Caro ), ''Icarito'', supplement of ''La Tercera'', icarito.cl, 2010-5-31. Accessed 2012-12-25. (in Spanish) (Google (translate )) This site states Caro's birthplace as Valparaíso, in contrast to other biographies.〕 and Caro assisted him in decorating the Tuileries.〔(Manuel Antonio Caro ), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile. Accessed 2012-12-22. (in Spanish) (Google (translate ))〕 In 1865, he was the first Chilean student to attend the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.〔〔 In 1866 he returned to his home country and opened a studio in the plaza near Iglesia de la Matriz, Valparaiso. Some of his contemporaries were Pascual Ortega (1859–1899), Antonio Smith (1832–1877), Nicolás Guzmán, and Miguel Campos.〔 Once home, he faced a great deal of competition from his rivals which affected recognition for his work after he died.〔 Caro worked in an academic style in portrait painting, rather than in the more experimental styles then gaining a foothold in Europe. His subject matter often involved genre scenes of folklife, historical and 'costumbrista' subjects (subjects in costume acting out an historical event), and urban society of the 19th century.〔 One of his famous paintings is his 1873 work ''The Zamacueca'', a colorful folk dance scene that for a time was lost during the Pinochet regime, but eventually became an icon of Chilean identity.〔 That painting was one among several that earned him high honors at the Paris Salon of 1872〔(Calendario Colección Philips 1980 ), portaldearte.cl, ''I El Despertar de la Pintura en Chile'' (Awakening of painting in Chile). Accessed 2012-12-22. (in Spanish) (Google (translate ))〕 and at la Exposición del Mercado Central (the Central Market Exhibition).〔 Caro exhibited his ''La Chueca Chilena'' and ''El Velorio'' at the 1872 Santiago Exhibition; and for his work at the 1875 International Exposition in Santiago, he earned great distinction.〔Reszka, Pedro A., (Chile at the Pan-American Exposition: Historial Sketch on the Fine Arts of Chile and Catalogue of the Fine Arts in the Chile Building ), Univ. of Chicago, 1901, pp. 6–7. Accessed 2013-1-5.〕 Caro died in Valparaíso.〔 British and German museums own several of his works.〔 In 1942, the Toledo Museum of Art held an exhibition, ''Contemporary Chilean Art'', that included Caro's work, and stated in their exhibition catalog that ''La Zamacueca'' was destroyed in a fire.〔〔Toledo Museum of Art, (Chilean Contemporary Art ): An Exhibition Sponsored by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Chile and the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Chile, Toledo Museum of Art, 1942, p. 22, from questia.com (fee-walled). Accessed 2013-1-8.〕 However, Caro was alleged to have executed two versions of the painting, and one of those is now in the collection of the Presidency of the Republic of Chile.〔〔(The Zamacueca ), Google translation of the original Spanish-language page at portaldearte.cl. Accessed 2013-1-8.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manuel Antonio Caro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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