EARLY HISTORICAL PAINTING OF THE PACIFIC WAR. BETWEEN TRAGEDY AND THE PERUVIAN POST-WAR STATE INDIFFERENCE (1883-1899)

Monteverde Sotil R. · Historia (Chile) (2025) · DOI: 10.7764/hist.58.2.75097

Resumen

The Pacific War (1879-1883) between Chile and Peru was recorded in paintings at the end of the nineteenth century by the latter country. During that period eleven canvases were made in Lima. In this article we will analyze those images within the context of the first sixteen post-war years. We propose that the impetus and attitude of the artists made possible those eleven canvases in the face of the state’s inability to sponsor art and its passivity and indifference to the artistic training needs of Peruvian painters, among whom Carlos Baca-Flor stands out, by not creating an official artistic training center. We will focus on examining what Peruvian painters sought to perpetuate in their paintings and on determining how their works were received by the state and the population.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú