Cosme San Martín

His teachers included the school's Director, Alejandro Ciccarelli and Juan Mochi, who had a great influence on his style.

[1] His work "Jesús y María Magdalena" won a competition that enabled him to obtain a grant for study in Europe.

[2] In 1875, he went to Paris, where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts[1] and worked in the studios of the Spanish painter, Juan Antonio González (1842-1914), along with his fellow Chilean, Pedro Lira.

In 1880, his painting "El reposo de la modelo" (The Model's Rest) was highly praised and was included in the Salon's promotional material.

He was very dedicated and well-liked, and apparently continued to act in that capacity until 1900, even though Pedro Lira had technically been appointed to succeed him in 1893.