Raymond Monvoisin

Although he initiated a career in the military by indication of his father, at the age of eighteen Monvoisin fully dedicated himself to painting.

He moved from Bordeaux to Paris and was employed at the workshop of Pierre Guérin, with whom he worked in the neoclassic and mythologic themes that were center of attention by artists and scholars at the time.

Preceded by his fame, he was introduced to the high-class families of the capital and, in turn, to work as a successful portrait painter.

His works had a decisive influence in the new Chilean society, which acquired the inclinations of European fashion, especially French.

His first years as a drawing professor in Paris helped in forming notable artists of the time like Francisco Mandiola and Procesa Sarmiento.