Aurora Mira

Together with her elder sister Magdalena, she was one of the earliest recognized female painters not only in Chile but in the whole of Latin America.

[3] Raised in a well-to-do environment, she was introduced to painting by her father who had studied under the French painter Raymond Monvoisin, the first director of the Chilean School of Painting.

[2] In contrast to her sister who specialized in portrait painting, Aurora Mira concentrated on still-lifes, especially flowers and fruit.

[4] Chilean society was even more taken aback when the two sisters began to exhibit in the salon of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1884 under José Manuel Balmaceda's presidency.

Competing with such established artists as Pedro Lira, Juan Francisco González and Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma, Magdalena was awarded the Gold Medal while Aurora received the Silver Medal.