Web Quotableonline.com Frasescelebres.org Greatbookscollection.org

Camilo Mori (b. September 24, 1896 in Valparaíso,
Chile – d. December 7, 1973 in Santiago,
Chile|Santiago) was a painter and a founder of the
Grupo Montparnasse.

Mori entered the Escuela de Bellas Artes (School
of Fine Arts) at the University of Chile in 1914
and in 1920 he joined the great gathering of
artists in the Montparnasse|Montparnasse Quarter
in  Paris, France. There, his encounter with Paul
Cézanne greatly influenced his ideas of painting.

After returning to Chile and helping to organize
the Grupo Montparnasse, in 1928 Camilo Mori
directed the group of young painters known as the
"Generation of 28", sending twenty-six of the most
outstanding young Chilean artists to study in
Paris for five years.
 
In 1939 in art|1939 Camilo Mori made a mural for
the pavilion of Chile at the 1939 New York World's
Fair. For his contribution to Chilean art, in 1950
he received the National Art Prize.

artist-stub