Marta Colvin Andrade is a sculptress from, Chillán, Chile.

Biography

Marta Colvin Andrade was the daughter of James Colvin and Elcira Andrade.
After the 1939 earthquake, she lived in Santiago, Chile and studied at the School of Arts

Arts Faculty, Universidad de Chile

In 1849 was created the first Arts School in Chile, as the Painting School was founded inside the University of Chile, under the direction of painter Alejandro Cicarelli, five years later follows the Sculpture and Design School, renaming itself as the Fine Arts School, parallelly in 1849 he Music...

. In 1943 she was appointed assistant professor from the sculpture workshop of Julio A. Vasquez and master Lorenzo Domínguez

Lorenzo Domínguez

Lorenzo Domínguez was a prolific Latin American sculptor whose art is a deliberate and personal synthesis of pre-Columbian and Rapa Nui aesthetics with a European artistic formation....

, and was officially appointed Professor in 1950.
In 1948 she attended the Grande Chaumiere Academie in Paris with masters Ossin Zadkine and Henry Laurens.
She went on to live in France for more than thirty years. She was known world wide and awarded the National Art Prize in 1970 in recognition of her works.

Sculptures

• Eslabón
• Horizonte Andino
• Escultura de Ladrillos
• Madre Tierra
• Signo Solar
• Aku Aku
• Manutara
• Ojos de la Tierra