Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña

Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña (10 April 1854, Valparaíso – 19 January 1937 Viña del Mar) was a Chilean painter, politician and diplomat.

During this period, he also took private art lessons from the German-born painter Ernesto Kirchbach, second Director of the Academia de Pintura [es] in Santiago.

[1] Altogether, they had six children, including Pedro, an artist and Benedictine monk; Luis, an athlete and politician; and Juan, who became the Archbishop of La Serena.

[1] After serving as President of the Catholic University's extension school, and several commissions, he returned to diplomatic work in 1924 when he became Chile's Ambassador to the Holy See.

His term was notable for the fact that, during his tenure, the Chilean Congress enacted the Constitution of 1925, which established the separation of church and state, yet relations with Pope Pius XI remained cordial.