Agustín Abarca (27 December 1882,

Talca Talca () is a city and commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region (7th Region of Chile). As of the 2012 census, the city had a population of 201,142. The city is an important ...

– 28 May 1953,

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

) was a Chilean painter. He was a member of the

Generación del 13 Generación del 13 (Generación del Trece; The 13 Generation) was Chile's first painter collective. Its name derives from the year 1913, after a joint exhibition was held at the Salon (gathering), ''Salon'' of the Chilean newspaper ''El Mercurio' ...

. Abarca went to the ''Liceo de Hombres'' and the ''Instituto Comercial'' in Talca before being introduced to painting by Pablo Burchard. From 1904 to 1907 he studied at the Universidad Católica under Pedro Lira and Alberto Valenzuela Llanos.

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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Artistas Plásticos Chilenos- Agustín Abarca
1882 births 1953 deaths 20th-century Chilean painters 20th-century Chilean male artists Chilean male painters {{Chile-painter-stub